Volume control command

Question

Is there a way to control volume of a remote system via ssh? we have a media center server and we want to remotely control the volume.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 21 '17 at 17:09

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Thought it's not a command per-se, alsamixer is great for this kind of thing. It's part of the alsa-utils package

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edited Feb 21 '17 at 17:09

Zanna

answered Dec 20 '10 at 03:46

Jorge Castro

super awesome, thanks. that's what we've been looking for. – Jon Doe Dec 20 '10 at 03:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '10 at 04:12

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You can also write a bash script using pacmd utility of PulseAudio sound system.

I have found an example script for you: pulsevol.sh

answered Dec 20 '10 at 04:12

Qwerty

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