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Easily pause all audio

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2823 / 2 Years ago, thu, april 14, 2022, 6:13:13

I listen to music in my browser (be it Google Music, Spotify, Youtube, etc). Sometimes I need to quickly pause my music (e.g. when a colleague comes to my desk).

I do not have time to find the right browser tab and hit pause, so I currently lose my place in my music!

Is there a simple command I could run to pause all audio? I could assign it to a keyboard shortcut!

I've noticed that light-locker does exactly this! It pauses any audio when I lock my screen and carries on in the right place when I unlock. But I want to keep my screen unlocked when a colleague comes.

Any suggestions much appreciated - thank you!

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answered 2 Years ago damomnning · Accepted Answer

Ok here's my best solution so far. Use this command to "pause" all audio:

/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/amixer -q -D pulse sset Master mute; /usr/bin/killall -q -STOP 'pulseaudio'"

And use this command to "unpause" audio:

/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/killall -q -CONT 'pulseaudio'; /usr/bin/amixer -q -D pulse sset Master unmute"

Use the Keyboard Settings to add these commands as application shortcuts (e.g. Super+Backspace to pause, Super+Enter to resume).