How do I change volume on PulseAudio sink?
When I reboot, the volume on the PulseAudio sinks is set to 100%. I know how to change the volume using pactl set-sink-volume, but that is only set temporarily. I could write a script that is run at startup, but it will not be applied if I connect a sink later. (i.e. a Bluetooth speaker)
How much bandwidth does a PulseAudio sink use?
🙂 It and my desktop are on a wired LAN; pulse streams raw pcm data (I believe), so bandwidth usage corresponds to the sample rate of the source, 1 kB/s and up. There is, unfortunately, a noticeable lag in the sound if you are watching video.
How to set up a PulseAudio sink on a Raspberry Pi?
My pi’s LAN address with the default pulseaudio port. But here’s something that then had me confused for a while — with a server specified, pulseaudio would not even start: > pulseaudio –start N: [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at tcp:192.168.2.13:4713, refusing to start/autospawn.
Do you need to be in the pulse Access Group?
The pulse user needs to be in the audio and bluetooth groups in order to be able to use ALSA and bluetooth devices. All users that need access to PulseAudio have to be in the pulse-access group, even root. (TODO: We should probably allow root to access PulseAudio without being in the pulse-access group.
What is the purpose of PulseAudio in Debian?
PulseAudio is a sound server that is installed by default in most Debian desktop environments. It’s main purpose is to provide a high level interface for controlling how multiple “sources” (programs that want to play sounds) are connected to “sinks” (sound cards).
When to use null sink in PulseAudio module?
The default policy in PulseAudio is to only allow exclusive access if nothing else is currently using the sink. With this module, all the existing streams are muted (by being re-routed to the null sink) when a passthrough stream comes in, allowing the passthrough stream to exclusively use the sink.
What’s the default volume for PulseAudio in Ubuntu?
With PulseAudio 8.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 and a single sound card, you can set the default master volume to 50% with the following file. By including the system default you don’t have to worry about changes in the distribution’s defaults.