NAME¶

pipemixer - ncurses volume control application for pipewire

SYNOPSIS¶

pipemixer [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION¶

pipemixer is a terminal-based volume control application for the pipewire audio system. It provides a ncurses user interface for navigating and managing audio streams and devices. pipemixer currently supports changing node volume and mute status.

OPTIONS¶

-c, --config

Path to configuration file, see pipemixer.ini(5) for details.

-l, --loglevel

Set log level. Accepted values: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, QUIET.

-L, --log-fd

Write log output to the specified file descriptor (must be open for writing).

-C, --color

Force colored log output.

-h, --help

Display help message and exit.

CONTROLS¶

By default, pipemixer uses the following keybinds:

j, Down

Move down the node list.

k, Up

Move up the node list.

t, Tab

Switch to the next tab.

T, Shift+Tab

Switch to the previous tab.

1, 2, 3, 4

Switch to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th tab.

m

Toggle mute for the selected node.

l, Right

Increase volume.

h, Left

Decrease volume.

Space

Toggle channel lock for selected node (affects whether volume changes apply to all channels).

p

Enter port selection mode on nodes that support it.

Enter

Confirm selection.

Escape

Cancel selection.

q

Quit the application.

BUGS¶

Please report bugs to https://github.com/heather7283/pipemixer/issues.

When reporting bugs:

• Provide backtrace with symbols if you experience a crash.
• Describe steps necessary to reproduce the issue.
• Attach output of pw-dump (note that it will contain currently playing media).

SEE ALSO¶

pulsemixer: https://github.com/GeorgeFilipkin/pulsemixer
pwvucontrol: https://github.com/saivert/pwvucontrol

pipemixer.ini(5), pipewire(1), pw-cli(1)