alsa

Usage

Read here.

Description

Shows ALSA volume.

local volume = lain.widget.alsa()

Input table

Variable	Meaning	Type	Default
timeout	Refresh timeout (in seconds)	integer	5
cmd	Alsa mixer command	string	"amixer"
channel	Mixer channel	string	"Master"
togglechannel	Toggle channel	string	nil
settings	User settings	function	empty function
widget	Widget to render	function	wibox.widget.textbox

cmd is useful if you need to pass additional arguments to amixer. For instance, you may want to define cmd = "amixer -c X" in order to set amixer with card X.

settings can use the following variables:

Variable	Meaning	Type	Values
volume_now.level	Volume level	integer	0-100
volume_now.status	Device status	string	"on", "off"

Output table

Variable	Meaning	Type
widget	The widget	wibox.widget.textbox
channel	ALSA channel	string
update	Update widget	function

Toggle channel

In case mute toggling can't be mapped to master channel (this happens, for instance, when you are using an HDMI output), define togglechannel as your S/PDIF device. You can get the device ID with scontents command.

For instance, if card number is 1 and S/PDIF number is 3:

$ amixer -c 1 scontents
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 255
  Front Left: 255 [100%]
  Front Right: 255 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',3
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

you have to set togglechannel = "IEC958,3".

Buttons

If you want buttons, just add the following after your widget in rc.lua.

volume.widget:buttons(awful.util.table.join(
    awful.button({}, 1, function() -- left click
        awful.spawn(string.format("%s -e alsamixer", terminal))
    end),
    awful.button({}, 2, function() -- middle click
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s 100%%", volume.cmd, volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end),
    awful.button({}, 3, function() -- right click
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s toggle", volume.cmd, volume.togglechannel or volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end),
    awful.button({}, 4, function() -- scroll up
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s 1%%+", volume.cmd, volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end),
    awful.button({}, 5, function() -- scroll down
        os.execute(string.format("%s set %s 1%%-", volume.cmd, volume.channel))
        volume.update()
    end)
))

Keybindings

You can control the widget with keybindings like these:

-- ALSA volume control
awful.key({ altkey }, "Up",
	function ()
		os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s 1%%+", volume.channel))
		volume.update()
	end),
awful.key({ altkey }, "Down",
	function ()
		os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s 1%%-", volume.channel))
		volume.update()
	end),
awful.key({ altkey }, "m",
	function ()
		os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s toggle", volume.togglechannel or volume.channel))
		volume.update()
	end),
awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "m",
	function ()
		os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s 100%%", volume.channel))
		volume.update()
	end),
awful.key({ altkey, "Control" }, "0",
	function ()
		os.execute(string.format("amixer set %s 0%%", volume.channel))
		volume.update()
	end),

where altkey = "Mod1".

Muting with PulseAudio

If you are using this widget in conjuction with PulseAudio, add the option -D pulse to the muting keybinding, like this:

awful.key({ altkey }, "m",
	function ()
		os.execute(string.format("amixer -D pulse set %s toggle", volume.togglechannel or volume.channel))
		volume.update()
	end),