amixer(1)

1AMIXER(1)                   General Commands Manual                  AMIXER(1)
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NAME

6       amixer - command-line mixer for ALSA soundcard driver
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SYNOPSIS

9       amixer [-option] [cmd]
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DESCRIPTION

12       amixer  allows command-line control of the mixer for the ALSA soundcard
13       driver.  amixer supports multiple soundcards.
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15       amixer with no arguments will display the current  mixer  settings  for
16       the  default  soundcard and device. This is a good way to see a list of
17       the simple mixer controls you can use.
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COMMANDS

21       help   Shows syntax.
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24       info   Shows the information about a mixer device.
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28              Shows a complete list of simple mixer controls.
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32              Shows a complete list of simple mixer controls with  their  con‐
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36       set or sset <SCONTROL> <PARAMETER> ...
37              Sets the simple mixer control contents. The parameter can be the
38              volume either as a percentage from 0% to 100% with %  suffix,  a
39              dB  gain  with  dB  suffix  (like -12.5dB), or an exact hardware
40              value.  The dB gain can be used only for the mixer elements with
41              available  dB  information.   When plus(+) or minus(-) letter is
42              appended after volume value, the volume is incremented or decre‐
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45              The  parameters  cap,  nocap,  mute,  unmute, toggle are used to
46              change capture (recording) and muting for the group specified.
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48              The optional modifiers can be put as extra parameters before the
49              value to specify the stream direction or channels to apply.  The
50              modifiers playback and capture specify the stream, and the modi‐
51              fiers  front,  frontleft, frontright, frontcenter, center, rear,
52              rearright, rearleft, woofer are used to specify channels  to  be
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55              A simple mixer control must be specified. Only one device can be
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59       get or sget <SCONTROL>
60              Shows the simple mixer control contents.
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62              A simple mixer control must be specified. Only one device can be
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67              Shows a complete list of card controls.
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71              Shows a complete list of card controls with their contents.
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75              Sets  the card control contents. The identifier has these compo‐
76              nents: iface, name, index, device, subdevice,  numid.  The  next
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81              Shows  the card control contents. The identifier has same syntax
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OPTIONS

86       -c card
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88              Select the card number to control. The device name created  from
89              this  parameter has syntax 'hw:N' where N is specified card num‐
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95              Select the device name to control. The default control  name  is
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101              Read  from  stdin  and  execute the command on each line sequen‐
102              tially.  When this option is given, the command in  command-line
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105              Only  sset  and  cset are accepted.  Other commands are ignored.
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112       -q     Quiet mode. Do not show results of changes.
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115       -R     Use the raw value for evaluating the percentage  representation.
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119       -M     Use  the mapped volume for evaluating the percentage representa‐
120              tion like alsamixer, to be more natural for human ear.
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EXAMPLES

124       amixer -c 1 sset Line,0 80%,40% unmute cap
125              will set the second soundcard's left line input  volume  to  80%
126              and  right  line  input  to  40%,  unmute it, and select it as a
127              source for capture (recording).
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130       amixer -c 1 -- sset Master playback -20dB
131              will set the master volume of the second card to -20dB.  If  the
132              master  has  multiple channels, all channels are set to the same
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136       amixer -c 1 set PCM 2dB+
137              will increase the PCM volume of the second card with 2dB.   When
138              both playback and capture volumes exist, this is applied to both
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142       amixer -c 2 cset iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Volume",index=1 40%
143              will set the third soundcard's second line playback volume(s) to
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BUGS

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AUTHOR

160       amixer  is  by  Jaroslav  Kysela <perex@perex.cz>.  This document is by
161       Paul Winkler <zarmzarm@erols.com> and Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>.
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