RsMixer is a terminal-based PulseAudio volume mixer written in Rust. It provides an interactive interface for managing sound devices and application streams, with a particular emphasis on making the relationship between applications and their output devices easier to understand.
The application organises its controls into Output, Input and Cards views. The Output view groups playback streams beneath their associated output devices in a tree structure, so you can see which applications are sending audio to each device.
RsMixer displays volume levels and allows them to be adjusted using the keyboard. It also provides access to sound card settings and context menus for available operations.
Keyboard shortcuts can be customised through a TOML configuration file. Mouse actions are configurable too, including right-click and middle-click operations. RsMixer can be installed through Cargo or built from source.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Interactive PulseAudio mixer with a keyboard-driven terminal interface.
- Groups playback applications beneath their associated output devices.
- Provides separate Output, Input and Cards views.
- Displays current volume levels and supports interactive adjustments.
- Allows changes to sound card settings.
- Supports context menus for available audio operations.
- Offers configurable keyboard shortcuts, including modifier-key combinations.
- Supports custom mouse actions for selected mixer entries.
- Stores interface settings and keybindings in a TOML configuration file.
Website: github.com/jantap/rsmixer
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Developer: jantap
License: MIT License
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