[pulseaudio-discuss] paplay - sound roles?

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 16:32 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Mon, 28.12.09 23:14, 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?
> 
> Kinda. "paplay --help" shows it. Patches for the man pages (same way
> as for the code) always appreciated! ;-)
> 
So I'd just submit a diff? Unsure how to properly format though...

> > 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.
> 
> Sure, please do.
> 
Done -
http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#Pidginandotherappswithshorteventsounds