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PROGRAM:

NAME

pulseaudio - The PulseAudio Sound System

SYNOPSIS

pulseaudio [options]

pulseaudio --help

pulseaudio --version

pulseaudio --dump-conf

pulseaudio --dump-modules

pulseaudio --dump-resample-methods

pulseaudio --cleanup-shm

pulseaudio --start

pulseaudio --kill

pulseaudio --check

DESCRIPTION

PulseAudio is a networked low-latency sound server for Linux, POSIX and Windows systems.

OPTIONS

-h | --help
Show help.

--version
Show version information.

--dump-conf
Load the daemon configuration file daemon.conf (see below), parse remaining
configuration options on the command line and dump the resulting daemon
configuration, in a format that is compatible with daemon.conf.

--dump-modules
List available loadable modules. Combine with -v for a more elaborate listing.

--dump-resample-methods
List available audio resamplers.

--cleanup-shm
Identify stale PulseAudio POSIX shared memory segments in /dev/shm and remove them
if possible. This is done implicitly whenever a new daemon starts up or a client
tries to connect to a daemon. It should normally not be necessary to issue this
command by hand. Only available on systems with POSIX shared memory segments
implemented via a virtual file system mounted to /dev/shm (e.g. Linux).

--start
Start PulseAudio if it is not running yet. This is different from starting
PulseAudio without --start which would fail if PA is already running. PulseAudio is
guaranteed to be fully initialized when this call returns. Implies --daemonize.

-k | --kill
Kill an already running PulseAudio daemon of the calling user (Equivalent to
sending a SIGTERM).

--check
Return 0 as return code when the PulseAudio daemon is already running for the
calling user, or non-zero otherwise. Produces no output on the console except for
errors to stderr.

--system[=BOOL]
Run as system-wide instance instead of per-user. Please note that this disables
certain features of PulseAudio and is generally not recommended unless the system
knows no local users (e.g. is a thin client). This feature needs special
configuration and a dedicated UNIX user set up. It is highly recommended to combine
this with --disallow-module-loading (see below).

-D | --daemonize[=BOOL]
Daemonize after startup, i.e. detach from the terminal. Note that when running as a
systemd service you should use --daemonize=no for systemd notification to work.

--fail[=BOOL]
Fail startup when any of the commands specified in the startup script default.pa
(see below) fails.

--high-priority[=BOOL]
Try to acquire a high Unix nice level. This will only succeed if the calling user
has a non-zero RLIMIT_NICE resource limit set (on systems that support this), or
we're called SUID root (see below), or we are configure to be run as system daemon
(see --system above). It is recommended to enable this, since it is only a
negligible security risk (see below).

--realtime[=BOOL]
Try to acquire a real-time scheduling for PulseAudio's I/O threads. This will only
succeed if the calling user has a non-zero RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limit set (on
systems that support this), or we're called SUID root (see below), or we are
configure to be run as system daemon (see --system above). It is recommended to
enable this only for trusted users, since it is a major security risk (see below).

--disallow-module-loading[=BOOL]
Disallow module loading after startup. This is a security feature since it
disallows additional module loading during runtime and on user request. It is
highly recommended when --system is used (see above). Note however, that this
breaks certain features like automatic module loading on hot plug.

--disallow-exit[=BOOL]
Disallow user requested exit

--exit-idle-time=SECS
Terminate the daemon when idle and the specified number of seconds passed.

--scache-idle-time=SECS
Unload autoloaded samples from the cache when the haven't been used for the
specified number of seconds.

--log-level[=LEVEL]
If an argument is passed, set the log level to the specified value, otherwise
increase the configured verbosity level by one. The log levels are numerical from 0
to 4, corresponding to error, warn, notice, info, debug. Default log level is
notice, i.e. all log messages with lower log levels are printed: error, warn,
notice.

-v | --verbose
Increase the configured verbosity level by one (see --log-level above). Specify
multiple times to increase log level multiple times.

--log-target={auto,syslog,journal,stderr,file:PATH,newfile:PATH}
Specify the log target. If set to auto (which is the default), then logging is
directed to syslog when --daemonize is passed, otherwise to STDERR. If set to
journal logging is directed to the systemd journal. If set to file:PATH, logging is
directed to the file indicated by PATH. newfile:PATH is otherwise the same as
file:PATH, but existing files are never overwritten. If the specified file already
exists, a suffix is added to the file name to avoid overwriting.

--log-meta[=BOOL]
Show source code location in log messages.

--log-time[=BOOL]
Show timestamps in log messages.

--log-backtrace=FRAMES
When FRAMES is greater than 0, log for each message a stack trace up to the number
of specified stack frames.

-p | --dl-search-path=PATH
Set the search path for dynamic shared objects (plugins).

--resample-method=METHOD
Use the specified resampler by default (See --dump-resample-methods above for
possible values).

--use-pid-file[=BOOL]
Create a PID file. If this options is disabled it is possible to run multiple sound
servers per user.

--no-cpu-limit[=BOOL]
Do not install CPU load limiter on platforms that support it. By default,
PulseAudio will terminate itself when it notices that it takes up too much CPU
time. This is useful as a protection against system lockups when real-time
scheduling is used (see below). Disabling this mechanism is useful when debugging
PulseAudio with tools like valgrind(1) which slow down execution.

--disable-shm[=BOOL]
PulseAudio clients and the server can exchange audio data via POSIX shared memory
segments (on systems that support this). If disabled PulseAudio will communicate
exclusively over sockets. Please note that data transfer via shared memory segments
is always disabled when PulseAudio is running with --system enabled (see above).

-L | --load="MODULE ARGUMENTS"
Load the specified plugin module with the specified arguments.

-F | --file=FILENAME
Run the specified script on startup. May be specified multiple times to specify
multiple scripts to be run in order. Combine with -n to disable loading of the
default script default.pa (see below).

-C Open a command interpreter on STDIN/STDOUT after startup. This may be used to
configure PulseAudio dynamically during runtime. Equivalent to --load=module-cli.

-n Don't load default script file default.pa (see below) on startup. Useful in
conjunction with -C or --file.

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