PulseAudio Shell Control Notes

#pulseaudio Shell control Notes
#list all sinks and what they are
pactl list|grep -e "^Sink" -e "Name" -e "application"|grep "^Sink" -A1

#Example Output:
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Sink #0
    Name: jack_out
Sink #1
    Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo
Sink #2
    Name: alsa_output.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo
--
Sink Input #1204
        application.name = "blender"
--
Sink Input #1320
        application.name = "MPlayer"
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#Change Volume of the Current Master output
pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10%
pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -10%

#Control Mplayer ("Sink Input")
pactl set-sink-input-volume 1320 +10% #Volume Down
pactl set-sink-input-volume 1320 -10% #Volume up
pactl set-sink-input-volume 1320 50% #Set Volume to 50%


#First Sink ("Master Volume"?) controls
pactl set-sink-volume 0 -10% #Down 10%
pactl set-sink-volume 0 +10% #Up 10%
pactl set-sink-volume 0 100% #set to 100%

#list all programs using pulseaudio
pactl list short sink-inputs

#example output
15  0   34  protocol-native.c   s16le 2ch 44100Hz
16  0   47  protocol-native.c   s16le 2ch 44100Hz

#change output for program to sink 1
pacmd move-sink-input 16 1

#change output for program to sink by name
pacmd move-sink-input 16 <device name>

#example:
pacmd move-sink-input 16 alsa_output.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo