On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 15:45 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Mon, 28.12.09 17:41, Ng Oon-Ee (ngoonee at gmail.com) wrote: > > > Is there a way to specify a sound to be a 'system sound' as defined by > > System Sounds on pavucontrol, when played by paplay? > > > > If so, then programs such as pidgin which allow playing event > > notifications through a command would be useable without modification. > > paplay --property=media.role=event ... > > Lennart > Thanks Lennart. man paplay doesn't show that syntax... is it a relatively recent addition? And I can confirm that works fine with pidgin, should I add it to the wiki? Considering once in a while the question "how do I adjust my pidgin volume when the sounds are so damn short" keeps popping up again and again.