I have the impression that pulseaudio-ctl and pavucontrol have similar functions over audio input and output, but each might be better for each situstion. Your comments will help.
pulseaudio-ctl appears (no pun intended) to focus on defining what components are available. 'Sources' are microphones and 'sinks' are speakers and headphones. I used it to unmute sources when I plugged in a USB microphone, and set the maximum volume level to 100%. Instructions for changing values are presented but the application displays them and current settings and returns me to the shell control; keys don't work. Passing them on the command line when invoking the tool does work. pavucontrol opens a dialog box with three tabs: Output devices, Input devices, and Configuration. I use this tool to adjust sound levels for microphones and speakers/headphones. On my desktop there are two output devices: HDA ATA HDMI Digital stereo display port which is unplugged (and I've no idea for what it could be used) and HD-Audio Generic Analog Stereo which is plugged in and now poweres the speakers. Plugging in the headset to the front panel ports offers control options for them. Are my impressions correct? Have you advice on their use based on your more extensive experiences? Stay safe this holiday, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
