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@@ -487,10 +487,16 @@ or
device = "pulse:N"
-where N is the index of the PulseAudio sink. If no sink is specified the
-default is used. If the device string is missing or is set to "default",
-PulseAudio will be tried if detected and will fallback to ALSA (Linux)
-or OSS (FreeBSD/OpenBSD).
+where N is the index or name of the PulseAudio sink. You can obtain the name of
+the sink with the following command:
+
+ $ pacmd list-sinks | grep name:
+ name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo>
+
+The name is what's inside the angle brackets, not including them. If no sink is
+specified the default sink is used. If the device string is missing or is set
+to "default", PulseAudio will be tried if detected and will fallback to ALSA
+(Linux) or OSS (FreeBSD/OpenBSD).
*Example order*: +volume master+
@@ -516,6 +522,13 @@ volume master {
device = "pulse:1"
}
-------------------------------------------------------------
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+volume master {
+ format = "♪: %volume"
+ format_muted = "♪: muted (%volume)"
+ device = "pulse:alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo"
+}
+-------------------------------------------------------------
== Universal module options