PulseAudio Bash Helpers

pactl-compact-list-sinks.sh

#!/bin/sh

pactl list sinks | grep --color=never -E '(^Sink|Name|device.description)'  | sed 's/^Sink #//g' | sed -r 's/Name: //g' | sed -r '/[[:digit:]]$/{N;s/\n//}' | sed -r '/_sink$/{N;s/\n//}' | sed 's/\t\tdevice.description = /\t/g'

pactl-switch-next-sinks.sh

#!/bin/bash

CURRENT_DEFAULT_SINK=$(pactl get-default-sink)

# skip over displayport sinks
VIABLE_SINKS=$(pactl-compact-list-sinks | grep -v 'DisplayPort [[:digit:]] Output')

if [ -z "$VIABLE_SINKS=" ]
then
	echo "No viable sinks found"
	exit
fi

# find the next sink
NEXT_SINK=$(echo "$VIABLE_SINKS" | grep -A1 "$CURRENT_DEFAULT_SINK" | grep -v "$CURRENT_DEFAULT_SINK" | awk -F '\t' '{ print $2 }')

# if empty, wrap back to the 1st entry
if [ -z "$NEXT_SINK" ]
then
	NEXT_SINK=$(echo "$VIABLE_SINKS" | head -n 1 | awk -F '\t' '{ print $2 }')
fi

set -x

pactl set-default-sink "$NEXT_SINK"

echo "Current Active Sink: $(pactl get-default-sink)"