{"id":47308,"date":"2024-10-01T14:14:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=47308"},"modified":"2024-10-01T14:14:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:14:56","slug":"configure-audio-wireplumber-ubuntu-24-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/configure-audio-wireplumber-ubuntu-24-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Configure Audio Input\/Output via WirePlumber in Ubuntu 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As you know, Ubuntu uses PipeWire as replacement of PulseAudio for its default sound server since Ubuntu 23.04. And, it now uses WirePlumber to manage pipewire session and policy.<\/p>\n

With WirePlumber<\/a>, you may configure more about your sound output and input. You can use Linux command to switch default audio input\/output device, change volume level, and mute\/un-mute sound and microphone.<\/p>\n

As well, you may change the audio bit depth, sample rate, resample quality, and other properties for certain sound device.<\/p>\n

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NOTE: This tutorial does NOT work for Ubuntu 22.04 and earlier, since they use PulseAudio as default. And, lua script does NOT work for 24.10 & later due to policy change!<\/b><\/p>\n

Use wpctl Command<\/h3>\n

WirePlumber has a command line tool called wpctl<\/code>. It’s useful for getting your device status, properties, and change some settings on the fly, such as set default audio device and change volume.<\/p>\n

First, open up a terminal window (Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code>) and run command:<\/p>\n

wpctl status<\/pre>\n
The command will output all the audio devices, audio sinks, and audio sources. The ones with *<\/b> at the beginning are the defaults that in use. And, the numbers (e.g., 48, 49, 39 in the screenshot below) are the IDs.<\/p>\n
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To switch default audio input or output device<\/b>, if you have multiple devices available, then use command:<\/p>\n
wpctl set-default ID<\/pre>\n
Here replace the ID with the number you got from the last wpctl status<\/code> command.<\/p>\n
And, you may use the commands below to increase, decrease, or set volume. Which can be useful for scripting purpose or binding for keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n