Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:35:50 GMT From: =?utf-8?Q?Fernando Apestegu=C3=ADa?= <fernape@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 9f50b81142 - main - [handbook/multimedia] Add pulseaudio settings info Message-ID: <202106250735.15P7ZoeF088857@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by fernape: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=9f50b81142a006961672f25650dd77b8c020ca7a commit 9f50b81142a006961672f25650dd77b8c020ca7a Author: Fernando Apesteguía <fernape@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-06-24 17:56:27 +0000 Commit: Fernando Apesteguía <fernape@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-06-25 07:30:35 +0000 [handbook/multimedia] Add pulseaudio settings info Document that for applications using audio/pulseaudio, changing hw.snd.default_unit might require to restart the pulseaudio daemon. Document the use of pacmd(1) to change the default sink on the fly as an alternative. --- .../en/books/handbook/multimedia/_index.adoc | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/multimedia/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/multimedia/_index.adoc index dcd56eda90..cafcdb6f41 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/multimedia/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/multimedia/_index.adoc @@ -340,6 +340,34 @@ Make this change permanent by adding the following line to [.filename]#/etc/sysc hw.snd.default_unit=4 .... +Programs using package:audio/pulseaudio[] might need to restart the +package:audio/pulseaudio[] daemon for the changes in `hw.snd.default_unit` to +take effect. +Alternatively, package:audio/pulseaudio[] settings can be changed on the fly. +man:pacmd[1] opens a command line connection to the package:audio/pulseaudio[] +daemon: + +[source,shell] +.... +>>> # pacmd +Welcome to PulseAudio 14.2! Use "help" for usage information. +>>> +.... + +The following command changes the default sink to card number 4 as in +the previous example: + +[.programlisting] +.... +set-default-sink 4 +.... + +[WARNING] +==== +Do not use the `exit` command to exit the command line interface. That will kill +the package:audio/pulseaudio[] daemon. Use kbd:[Ctrl+D] instead. +==== + [[sound-multiple-sources]] === Utilizing Multiple Sound Sources
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