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+<?xml version="1.0"?><!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE manpage SYSTEM "xmltoman.dtd">
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xmltoman.xsl" ?>
+
+<!--
+This file is part of PulseAudio.
+
+PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
+Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<manpage name="pactl" section="1" desc="Control a running PulseAudio sound server">
+
+ <synopsis>
+ <cmd>pactl [<arg>options</arg>] <arg>COMMAND</arg> [<arg>ARGS ...</arg>]</cmd>
+ <cmd>pactl <opt>--help</opt></cmd>
+ <cmd>pactl <opt>--version</opt></cmd>
+ </synopsis>
+
+ <description>
+ <p><file>pactl</file> can be used to issue control commands to the PulseAudio sound server.</p>
+
+ <p><file>pactl</file> only exposes a subset of the available operations. For the full set use the <manref name="pacmd" section="1"/>.</p>
+ </description>
+
+ <options>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p>
+
+ <optdesc><p>Show help.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>--version</opt></p>
+
+ <optdesc><p>Show version information.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>-s | --server</opt><arg>=SERVER</arg></p>
+
+ <optdesc><p>Choose the server to connect to.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>-n | --client-name</opt><arg>=NAME</arg></p>
+
+ <optdesc><p>Specify the client name <file>pactl</file> shall pass to the server when connecting.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ </options>
+
+ <section name="Commands">
+ <p>
+ When supplied as arguments to the commands below, the special names \@DEFAULT_SINK@, \@DEFAULT_SOURCE@ and \@DEFAULT_MONITOR@
+ can be used to specify the default sink, source and monitor respectively.
+ </p>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>stat</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Dump a few statistics about the memory usage of the PulseAudio daemon.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>info</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Dump some info about the PulseAudio daemon.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>list</opt> [<arg>short</arg>] [<arg>TYPE</arg>]</p>
+ <optdesc><p>Dump all currently loaded modules, available sinks, sources, streams, etc. <arg>TYPE</arg> must be one of:
+ modules, sinks, sources, sink-inputs, source-outputs, clients, samples, cards. If not specified, all info is listed. If
+ short is given, output is in a tabular format, for easy parsing by scripts.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>exit</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Asks the PulseAudio server to terminate.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>upload-sample</opt> <arg>FILENAME</arg> [<arg>NAME</arg>]</p>
+ <optdesc><p>Upload a sound from the specified audio file into
+ the sample cache. The file types supported are those understood
+ by <file>libsndfile</file>. The sample in the cache is named
+ after the audio file, unless the name is explicitly
+ specified.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>play-sample</opt> <arg>NAME</arg> [<arg>SINK</arg>]</p>
+ <optdesc><p>Play the specified sample from the sample cache. It
+ is played on the default sink, unless the symbolic name or the
+ numerical index of the sink to play it on is
+ specified.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>remove-sample</opt> <arg>NAME</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Remove the specified sample from the sample cache.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>load-module</opt> <arg>NAME</arg> [<arg>ARGUMENTS ...</arg>]</p>
+ <optdesc><p>Load the specified module with the specified arguments into the running sound server.
+ Prints the numeric index of the module just loaded to STDOUT. You can use it to unload the module later.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>unload-module</opt> <arg>ID|NAME</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Unload the module instance identified by the specified numeric index or unload all modules by the specified name.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>move-sink-input</opt> <arg>ID</arg> <arg>SINK</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Move the specified playback stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>move-source-output</opt> <arg>ID</arg> <arg>SOURCE</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Move the specified recording stream (identified by its numerical index) to the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>suspend-sink</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>true|false</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Suspend or resume the specified sink (which may be
+ specified either by its name or index), depending whether true
+ (suspend) or false (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending
+ a sink will pause all playback. Depending on the module implementing
+ the sink this might have the effect that the underlying device is
+ closed, making it available for other applications to use. The exact
+ behaviour depends on the module.
+ </p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>suspend-source</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>true|false</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Suspend or resume the specified source (which may be
+ specified either by its name or index), depending whether true
+ (suspend) or false (resume) is passed as last argument. Suspending
+ a source will pause all capturing. Depending on the module implementing
+ the source this might have the effect that the underlying device is
+ closed, making it available for other applications to use. The exact
+ behaviour depends on the module.
+ </p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-card-profile</opt> <arg>CARD</arg> <arg>PROFILE</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the specified card (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) to the specified profile (identified by its symbolic name).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-default-sink</opt> <arg>SINK</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Make the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name) the default sink.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-sink-port</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>PORT</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) to the specified port (identified by its symbolic name).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-default-source</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Make the specified source (identified by its symbolic name) the default source.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-source-port</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>PORT</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index) to the specified port (identified by its symbolic name).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-port-latency-offset</opt> <arg>CARD</arg> <arg>PORT</arg> <arg>OFFSET</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set a latency offset to a specified port (identified by its symbolic name) that belongs to a card (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
+ <arg>OFFSET</arg> is a number which represents the latency offset in microseconds</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-sink-volume</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
+ <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
+ (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
+ adjustment will be relative to the current sink volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the sink's number of channels.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-source-volume</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).
+ <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
+ (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
+ adjustment will be relative to the current source volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the source's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-sink-input-volume</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink input (identified by its numerical index).
+ <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
+ (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
+ adjustment will be relative to the current sink input volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the sink input's number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-source-output-volume</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> <arg>VOLUME [VOLUME ...]</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source output (identified by its numerical index).
+ <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
+ (e.g. 10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB). If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume
+ adjustment will be relative to the current source output volume. A single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+ volume values are given their number has to match the source output's number of channels.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-sink-mute</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified sink (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-source-mute</opt> <arg>SOURCE</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified source (identified by its symbolic name or numerical index).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-sink-input-mute</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified sink input (identified by its numerical index).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-source-output-mute</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> <arg>1|0|toggle</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the mute status of the specified source output (identified by its numerical index).</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>set-sink-formats</opt> <arg>SINK</arg> <arg>FORMATS</arg></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Set the supported formats of the specified sink (identified
+ by its numerical index) if supported by the sink. <arg>FORMATS</arg> is
+ specified as a semi-colon (;) separated list of formats in the form
+ 'encoding[, key1=value1, key2=value2, ...]' (for example, AC3 at 32000,
+ 44100 and 48000 Hz would be specified as
+ 'ac3-iec61937, format.rate = "[ 32000, 44100, 48000 ]"'). See
+ https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/SupportedAudioFormats/
+ for possible encodings. </p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ <option>
+ <p><opt>subscribe</opt></p>
+ <optdesc><p>Subscribe to events, pactl does not exit by itself, but keeps waiting for new events.</p></optdesc>
+ </option>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section name="Authors">
+ <p>The PulseAudio Developers &lt;@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@&gt;; PulseAudio is available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p>
+ </section>
+
+ <seealso>
+ <p>
+ <manref name="pulseaudio" section="1"/>,
+ <manref name="pacmd" section="1"/>
+ </p>
+ </seealso>
+
+</manpage>