Re: [Alsa-user] portable mute/unmute script

[Tuncer A. <tun...@gm...>]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:08 PM, stan <ghj...@co...> wrote:
> Tuncer Ayaz wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Tuncer Ayaz <tun...@gm...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm trying to find out whether there's a straight forward way
>>> to use amixer for mute/unmute master/pcm/everything in such
>>> a way that the possibly needed script works on many different
>>> machines with any installed Alsa output devices.
>>>
>>> Is there a simple way or do I need to write a script
>>> which handles all possibilities regarding device names
>>> and other possible differences?
>>>
>>
>> I will write a script calling amixer or a tool linking
>> against libasound to achieve that - depending on which
>> option is easier/cleaner/more portable.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>>
>
> This sounds like something that pulseaudio would already do.  Maybe you can
> use part of the pulseaudio code to do what you want?
>

Thanks for the hint, I can take a look although I don't
use PulseAudio at all :)