Mixrs

A practical multimedia controller for PulseAudio written in Rust.

Installation

There is currently no convenient way to install Mixrs. To use this application, you have to compile it yourself and run it in the background.

Requirements

• PulseAudio
• playerctl
• libnotify (required unless started with --silent)

Usage

Mixrs will create a unix socket at /tmp/mixrs and listen for instructions. Instructions are issued by sending a specific byte to the socket.

Example

echo -ne '\x2' | nc -N -U /tmp/mixrs will send a byte containing 2 to the /tmp/mixrs socket and instruct Mixrs to mute / unmute the currently selected sink input.

Instructions

Byte	Instruction	Detail
0	SelectNext	Selects the next sink input
1	SelectPrevious	Selects the previous sink input
2	ToggleMuteCurrent	Toggles the current sink input's muted state
3	IncreaseCurrent	Increases the current sink input's volume by 5%
4	DecreaseCurrent	Decreases the current sink input's volume by 5%
5	GetCurrent	Displays the current sink input's name
6	PlayPauseCurrent	Tells the current sink input to toggle its playing state. Behavior varies based on the current sink input's player
7	PlayNext	Tells the current sink input to play the next item (e.g. the next song). Behavior varies based on the current sink input's player
8	PlayPrevious	Tells the current sink input to play the previous item (e.g. the previous song). Behavior varies based on the current sink input's player
9	GetCurrentOutput	Gets information about the currently selected sink input and sends it through the requesting unix socket