From f14e066ace042cf2b24773499d472c8a6ccc1f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: remph Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 22:56:25 +0000 Subject: Support pulseaudio with pactl as well --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ed2f8ec..0c3831c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,12 +21,20 @@ binary unnecessarily with every tap. Dependencies ------------ -- POSIX sh, sed and mkfifo(1); non-POSIX mktemp(1) (all pretty universally available) +- POSIX sh, sed and mkfifo(1); non-POSIX mktemp(1) (all pretty universally + available) - [wob] -- For volume, at least one of: - - For ALSA, [amixer (from alsa-utils)](https://www.alsa-project.org) - - For Pipewire, [wireplumber and wpctl](https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber) - [brightnessctl](https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl) +- For volume, at least one of: + - amixer, for [ALSA](https://www.alsa-project.org) + - [wireplumber and wpctl](https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber) + for pipewire + - pactl for [PulseAudio](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio) + - As with anything pertaining to Poettering, pactl doesn't play nice, + so the pactl backend is the slowest of the three: requires three calls + to pactl and two to sed, compared with two calls to wpctl and one to + amixer (each with only one call to sed). It is generally recommended to + use one of the other two wherever possible Installation ------------ -- cgit