---
name: "spa-acp-tool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pipewire-audio"
version: "1:1.6.10-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spa-acp-tool"
---

# spa-acp-tool(1)

The PipeWire ALSA profile debugging utility

## NAME

spa-acp-tool - The PipeWire ALSA profile debugging utility

## SYNOPSIS

**spa-acp-tool** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*COMMAND*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

- **-h \| --help**

  Show help

- **-v \| --verbose**

  Increase verbosity by one level

**-c NUMBER \| --card NUMBER**

Select which card to probe

- **-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

## AUTHORS

The PipeWire Developers \<https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues\>; PipeWire is available from \<https://pipewire.org\>

## SEE ALSO

**[pipewire(1)](/pipewire/1.md)**