spa-acp-tool1
The pipewire alsa profile debugging utility
Usage
spa-acp-tool [OPTIONS]
[COMMAND]
Overview
Debug tool for exercising the ALSA card profile probing code, without running PipeWire.
May be used to debug problems where PipeWire has incorrectly functioning ALSA card profiles.
Options
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-h | --help -
Show help
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-v | --verbose -
Increase verbosity by one level
-c NUMBER | --card NUMBER
Select which card to probe
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-p | --properties -
Additional properties to pass to ACP, e.g. key=value ....
Commands
help | h
Show available commands
quit | q
Quit
card ID | c ID
Probe card
info | i
List card info
list | l
List all objects
list-verbose | lv
List all data
list-profiles [ID] | lpr [ID]
List profiles
set-profile ID | spr ID
Activate a profile
list-ports [ID] | lp [ID]
List ports
set-port ID | sp ID
Activate a port
list-devices [ID] | ld [ID]
List available devices
get-volume ID | gv ID
Get volume from device
set-volume ID VOL | v ID VOL
Set volume on device
inc-volume ID | v+ ID
Increase volume on device
dec-volume ID | v- ID
Decrease volume on device
get-mute ID | gm ID
Get mute state from device
set-mute ID VAL | sm ID VAL
Set mute on device
toggle-mute ID | m ID
Toggle mute on device
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie)