volctl

About

I couldn't find a simple tray icon that allows to control multiple applications easily from the task bar. So I wrote my own.

The program is written in Python using GTK+. Bug reports and patches welcome!

It's not meant to be an replacement for a full-featured mixer application. If you're looking for that check out the excellent pavucontrol.

Features

• Runs on virtually every desktop environment (Needs to support the freedesktop system tray specs)
• Control main volumes as well as individual applications
• Shows applications icons and names
• Per-application VU meter
• Double-click opens pavucontrol
• Mouse-wheel support
• On-screen volume display (OSD)

Installation

Manual installation

1. Clone this repository somewhere and cd into it.
2. To install: sudo ./setup.py install
   Note: You might need to copy data/apps.volctl.gschema.xml to /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ manually.
3. For the application icon to show up in the menu: sudo update-desktop-database
4. Compile GSettings schemas: sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ or sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/local/share/glib-2.0/schemas/

Arch Linux

Available in AUR: volctl

Dependencies

• pulseaudio
• python-gobject

License

GPL-2.0