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Commands using amixer

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amixer -c 0 set Master 100%
2013-03-28 16:30:10
User: thewarden
Functions: amixer set
Tags: audio alsa Linux UNIX
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Set audio card 0 master volumn to maximum

Replace "Master" with desired control name (e.g. Front, Earphone, PCM, etc.).

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amixer -c 0 set Master toggle | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}' | sed "s/[^0-9]//g" ; amixer -c 0 set Speaker toggle >/dev/null; amixer -c 0 set Front toggle >/dev/null
2012-06-26 21:18:07
User: dtsip
Functions: amixer awk sed set tail
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Unmuting master channel, printing only percent value, while suppressing other outputs
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amixer -c 0 set Master toggle | sed -n "$ p" | awk '{print $4}' | sed "s/[^0-9]//g"
2012-06-26 21:16:42
User: dtsip
Functions: amixer awk sed set
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Mute Master sound channel, printing only the percent volume
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check(){ power=$(acpi -a) ; if [[ $power == *on-line* ]] ; then echo "supply is on"; else echo "somebody is steeling your laptop"; amixer -c0 set Master 100+ unmute ; mpg123 nuclear-alarm.mp3 ; fi } ;while true; do check ; sleep 2 ; done
2011-12-10 13:42:52
User: hoodie
Functions: acpi amixer echo mpg123 set sleep
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Power Supply Triggered Alert

Checks whether your power supply is still plugged in.

If not it will trigger an alarm at maximum volume.

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sleep 3600; amixer set Master mute
2011-02-06 03:14:33
User: kenbarbour
Functions: amixer set sleep
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Mute speakers after an hour

Mutes the speakers after an hour, in case you fall asleep watching a video...

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amixer -c 0 set Master 1+ unmute
2009-08-15 13:00:16
User: Attentah
Functions: amixer set
Tags: sound amixer volume
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amixer : raise volume and unmute if necessary

Volume up und unmute (ignored if Master is not muted).

Replace "+" by "-" for volume down and unmute if necessary.

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amixer sset Master toggle
2009-07-19 15:43:23
User: marrowsuck
Functions: amixer
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this toggles mute on the Master channel of an alsa soundcard
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on="off"; off="on"; now=$(amixer get Master | tr -d '[]' | grep "Playback.*%" |head -n1 |awk '{print $7}'); amixer sset Master ${!now}
2009-02-25 09:03:08
User: hans
Functions: amixer get grep tr
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this toggles mute on the Master channel of an alsa soundcard

I've had this as mute.sh in my ~/bin/ for some time.

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amixer -c 0 set PCM 2dB+
2009-02-22 22:06:46
User: Fate
Functions: amixer set
Tags: audio
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sets volume via command line

this will increase the volume by 2 decibels on the pcm channel. the argument to -c is for which sound card to use, the arg after set is the channel (PCM, Master, etc.) and what to set by.

related commands:

amixer -c 0 set PCM 2dB-

decrease volume by 2 decibels

amixer -c 0 set PCM toggle

toggle mute/unmute

this is for alsa systems

for mac os (and maybe other UNIX systems) osascript -e 'set Volume *' where * is any number (can have decimal points) between 0 and 10

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