[pulseaudio-discuss] paplay - sound roles?

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 15:45 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Mon, 28.12.09 17:41, Ng Oon-Ee (ngoonee at gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way to specify a sound to be a 'system sound' as defined by
> > System Sounds on pavucontrol, when played by paplay?
> > 
> > If so, then programs such as pidgin which allow playing event
> > notifications through a command would be useable without modification.
> 
> paplay --property=media.role=event ...
> 
> Lennart
> 
Thanks Lennart. man paplay doesn't show that syntax... is it a
relatively recent addition?

And I can confirm that works fine with pidgin, should I add it to the
wiki? Considering once in a while the question "how do I adjust my
pidgin volume when the sounds are so damn short" keeps popping up again
and again.