pulseaudio change cli

pulseaudio_change_playback_output.md

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+Notes for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhv-2pNWfr4
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+credits: http://askubuntu.com/a/18210
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+    pa-list() { pacmd list-sinks | awk '/index/ || /name:/' ;}
+    pa-set() { 
+    	# list all apps in playback tab (ex: cmus, mplayer, vlc)
+    	inputs=($(pacmd list-sink-inputs | awk '/index/ {print $2}')) 
+    	# set the default output device
+    	pacmd set-default-sink $1 &> /dev/null
+    	# apply the changes to all running apps to use the new output device
+    	for i in ${inputs[*]}; do pacmd move-sink-input $i $1 &> /dev/null; done
+    }
+    pa-playbacklist() { 
+    	# list individual apps
+    	echo "==============="
+    	echo "Running Apps"
+    	pacmd list-sink-inputs | awk '/index/ || /application.name /'
+    
+    	# list all sound device
+    	echo "==============="
+    	echo "Sound Devices"
+    	pacmd list-sinks | awk '/index/ || /name:/'
+    }
+    pa-playbackset() { 
+    	# set the default output device
+    	pacmd set-default-sink "$2" &> /dev/null
+    	# apply changes to one running app to use the new output device
+    	pacmd move-sink-input "$1" "$2" &> /dev/null
+    }
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