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Visualize volume of sound devices with Pulse Audio and the pavumeter command
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Introduction

This shows you how to see the live volume of sound devices on Linux. I've tested this on Raspbian Jessie.

Steps

Make sure PulseAudio is running

pulseaudio -D

Find name of source you want to record

pactl list source short

Run pavumeter

pavumeter alsa_input.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Headphone_Set-00-Set.analog-mono ** Message: Starting in playback mode. ** Message: Using device 'alsa_input.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Headphone_Set-00-Set.analog-mono'

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