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AudioSwitch (for OSX)

A command-line utility to switch the audio source on Mac OS X.

Description

This utility for Mac OS X switches the audio source and/or adjusts volume of input/output devices.

You specify the name of the audio source, such as Built-in Digital Output, and the utility switches the source immediately without any GUI interaction.

This is a command-line utility only and has no graphical user interface. Works with Mac OS 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Requirements & Installation

AudioSwitch requires cmake to build.

brew install --HEAD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/retrography/homebrew-tap/master/audioswitch.rb

Usage

audioswitch [-a] [-c] [-t type] [-f format] [-n] -s device_name or audioswitch -e device_id1=0.5,0.5:device_id2=0.7,0.8

• -a : Lists all devices along with their device IDs.
• -c : Shows current device.
• -t type : Device type (input/output/system). Defaults to output.
• -f format : Output format (name/full). Defaults to full.
• -n : Cycles the audio device to the next one.
• -s device_name : Sets the audio device to the given device by name.
• -e device_id1=vol1,vol2:device_id2=vol1,vol2 : Sets the volume of audio device given by ID, followed by volume of first and second channel respectively. Multiple device can be separated with colon.

License

MIT License, see license.txt Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Devon Weller wellerco@gmail.com Copyright (c) 2011 Christian Zuckschwerdt zany@triq.net Copyright (c) 2015 Ziga Zupanec ziga.zupanec@gmail.com Copyright (c) 2016 Mahmood S. Zargar mahmood@gmail.com