tldr/pages/linux/pulseaudio.md

pulseaudio

The PulseAudio sound system daemon and manager. More information: https://manned.org/pulseaudio.

• Check if PulseAudio is running (a non-zero exit code means it is not running):

pulseaudio --check

• Start the PulseAudio daemon in the background:

pulseaudio --start

• Kill the running PulseAudio daemon:

pulseaudio {{[-k|--kill]}}

• List available modules:

pulseaudio --dump-modules

• Load a module into the currently running daemon with the specified arguments:

pulseaudio {{[-L|--load]}} "{{module_name}} {{arguments}}"