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submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by gera@feddit.nu to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I've used pavucontrol throughout pretty much all my Linux life. But it only controls pulseaudio side of things. I found that it does not work that well with pipewire.

For example if I do something like wpctl set-mute 56 toggle, the mute state is not reflected in any way in pavucontrol, but I see that the device is muted for example in alsamixer.

Any good pipewire-native volume control?

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[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 4 points 16 hours ago

I haven't had problems using pavucontrol with pipewire.

This is what I use, and then in my waybar I have a volume control that lets me right click to switch between speakers and headphones as my output device, middle click to mute current output device, and use scroll wheel to increase/decrease audio of selected output.

[-] gera@feddit.nu 10 points 23 hours ago

I just had to duckduckgo it lol https://github.com/saivert/pwvucontrol

yeah this one works better

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The recommended way of installing pwvucontrol is through Flatpak.

It's in the Arch repo btw.

[-] Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

Oh, this is being updated again. Neat.

[-] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 3 points 19 hours ago

EasyEffects is very complete if you need advanced stuff.

[-] meurglys@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

I use wiremix in Arch and Void linux.

https://github.com/tsowell/wiremix

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 2 points 22 hours ago

It doesn't work with pipewire? I've never noticed. What symptoms

[-] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago

iiuc you want to add pulseaudio client to pipewire. Regardless of that, it's worth checking jamesdsp too.

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago
amixer -q set Master playback 75%

Or whatever percentage you want.

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