On Tue, 2020-11-03 at 02:25 +0100, 01ivier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > I want to run applications with specifics sound cards in command line on > Ubuntu 20.04. > I know it is graphically possible with Pulseaudio Volume Control which > let me choose the card in a menu after the application is launched. > But I want to use command lines so that I can automatize the process in > a bash file (I've got ten sound cards and more to come). > > I've tried "pactl set-default-sink" but it changes the card for all the > applications. > I've looked in "man pulse-cli-syntax" but I didn't find what I'm looking > for. > > I've also tried to use environment variables such as ALSA_CARD= and > ALSA_PCM_CARD= without success. > > Is there a way to do what I want ? Maybe the PULSE_SINK environment variable will do the trick. The variable value is a sink name (to get a list of names, run "pactl list sinks | grep Name"). -- Tanu https://www.patreon.com/tanuk https://liberapay.com/tanuk _______________________________________________ pulseaudio-discuss mailing list pulseaudio-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss
