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NAME

       pactl - Control a running PulseAudio sound server

SYNOPSIS

       pactl [options] stat

       pactl [options] list

       pactl [options] exit

       pactl [options] upload-sample FILENAME [NAME]

       pactl [options] play-sample NAME [SINK]

       pactl [options] remove-sample NAME

       pactl [options] move-sink-input ID SINK

       pactl [options] move-source-input ID SOURCE

       pactl [options] load-module NAME [ARGUMENTS ...]

       pactl [options] unload-module ID

       pactl [options] suspend-sink [SINK] 1|0

       pactl [options] suspend-source [SOURCE] 1|0

       pactl --help

       pactl --version

DESCRIPTION

       pactl can be used to issue control commands to the PulseAudio sound server.

       pactl only exposes a subset of the available operations. For the full set use the pacmd(1).

OPTIONS

       -h | --help
	      Show help.

       --version
	      Show version information.

       -s | --server=SERVER
	      Choose the server to connect to.

       -n | --client-name=NAME
	      Specify the client name pactl shall pass to the server when connecting.

       stat   Dump a few statistics about the PulseAudio daemon.

       list   Dump all currently loaded modules, available sinks, sources, streams and clients.

       exit   Asks the PulseAudio server to terminate.

       upload-sample FILENAME [NAME]
	      Upload a sound from the specified audio file into the sample cache. The file types supported are those understood by libsndfile. The
	      sample in the cache is named after the audio file, unless the name is explicitly specified.

       play-sample NAME [SINK]
	      Play the specified sample from the sample cache. It is played on the default sink, unless the symbolic name or the  numerical  index
	      of the sink to play it on is specified.

       remove-sample NAME
	      Remove the specified sample from the sample cache.

       move-sink-input ID SINK
	      Move  the  specified  playback  stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or
	      numerical index).

       move-source-output ID SOURCE
	      Move the specified recording stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified source (identified by its symbolic name	or
	      numerical index).

       load-module NAME [ARGUMENTS ...]
	      Load  the  specified  module with the specified arguments into the running sound server. Prints the numeric index of the module just
	      loaded to STDOUT. You can use it to unload the module later.

       unload-module ID
	      Unload the module instance identified by the specified numeric index.

       unload-module ID
	      Unload the module instance identified by the specified numeric index.

       suspend-sink SINK 1|0
	      Suspend or resume the specified sink (which my be specified either by its symbolic name, or by its numeric index), depending whether
	      1  (suspend) or 0 (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending a sink will pause all playback. Depending on the module implement-
	      ing the sink this might have the effect that the underlying device is closed, making it available for other applications to use. The
	      exact behaviour depends on the module.

       suspend-source SOURCE 1|0
	      Suspend  or  resume  the	specified  source  (which my be specified either by its symbolic name, or by its numeric index), depending
	      whether 1 (suspend) or 0 (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending a source will pause all capturing. Depending on the  module
	      implementing  the source this might have the effect that the underlying device is closed, making it available for other applications
	      to use. The exact behaviour depends on the module.

AUTHORS

       The PulseAudio Developers <mzchyfrnhqvb (at) 0pointer (dot) net>; PulseAudio is available from http://pulseaudio.org/

SEE ALSO

       pulseaudio(1), pacmd(1)

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