pulse audio controller for xfce for keyboards w audio keys

[boblizar]

this is broken for the moment but does have steps in the right direction.... plz someone fix this better than me.....

a good majority of this code is from this thread....

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/11392/pulseaudio-volume-control-with-media-keys/

alt + f2

gnome terminal

run

go god mode



sudo su
gedit /usr/bin/paremote


then give gedit this script



#!/bin/bash
declare -i CURVOL=`cat ~/.volume` #Reads in the current volume
if [[ $1 == "increase" ]]
then
CURVOL=$(($CURVOL + 6554)) #3277 is 5% of the total volume, you can change this to suit your needs.
fi
if [[ $1 == "decrease" ]]
then
CURVOL=$(($CURVOL - 6554))
fi
if [[ $1 == "mute" ]]
then
pactl set-sink-mute 0 1
amixer -c 0 set Master unmute
exit
fi
if [[ $1 == "unmute" ]]
then
pactl set-sink-mute 0 0
amixer -c 0 set Master mute
exit
fi
if [[ $CURVOL -le 65540 && $CURVOL -ge 0 ]] # Check to see if the volume is a valid number (65540 was needed in this case because of how I rounded the increment)
then
pactl set-sink-volume 0 $CURVOL
echo $CURVOL > .volume # Write the new volume to disk to be read the next time the script is run.
exit
fi


save

in terminal



chmod +x /usr/bin/paremote
exit


youve installed



paremote increase && paremote decrease && paremote mute && paremote unmute


for terminal....

now to script it to work with keys...

(unfinished) be back in 5

i think ill script unmute for + and - keys... im gonna have to do something about the mute unmute toggle for alsa though....

for the + and - keys we will make bash scripts that run several commands at once.

we will name the bash scripts what the keys are named for simplicity.

again god mode



sudo su




cat > /usr/bin/XF86AudioLowerVolume << EOF
amixer -c 0 set Master 1dB-;
paremote decrease;
paremote unmute;
EOF
cat > /usr/bin/XF86AudioRaiseVolume << EOF
amixer -c 0 set Master 1dB+;
paremote increase;
paremote unmute;
EOF
chmod +x /usr/bin/XF86AudioLowerVolume
chmod +x /usr/bin/XF86AudioRaiseVolume




gedit /usr/bin/mute
[code]

and feed it this

[code]
#!/bin/bash
MUTE=`cat $HOME/.mute`;
test "$MUTE" = "1";
RETURN=$?;
if [[ $RETURN -eq 0 ]];
then
amixer -c 0 set Master unmute;
paremote unmute;
echo "0" > $HOME/.mute;
exit
fi
if [[ $RETURN -eq 1 ]];
then
amixer -c 0 set Master mute;
paremote mute;
echo "1" > $HOME/.mute;
exit
fi


and finally



chmod +x /usr/bin/mute
exit


almost have it!!!! im probably going to use this scripts syntax for running its mute / unmute functions on alsa also, build the alsa commands to mute / unmute so both do so at the same time



cat > /usr/bin/XF86AudioMute <<EOF
mute;
EOF
chmod +x /usr/bin/XF86AudioMute


amixer -c 0 set Master unmute
amixer -c 0 set Master mute

are the alsa commands.....

this should be working 100% now i gotta re think this whole thing

#!/bin/sh
amixer -D pulse sset Master toggle;
(previous mute file note)

as of right now the volume up and down unmute, but the actual mute doesnt. still same problem i was intending to fix, but at least i have a temp work around until then

amixer -D pulse set Master unmute

this might come in handy

still strange problems