Easily Toggle Audio Between Multiple Streams with My Updated PipeWire based Tool
I have updated a tool that I find very useful, especially when watching or listening to multiple streams at the same time. For example, I often have Live TV, podcasts, or music playing on my Linux PC. Sometimes, I want to quickly switch which stream I hear without stopping the others.
With this tool, you too can now easily cycle through all your active media apps (like VLC, MPV, or FFPLAY) and mute or unmute them so that only one is audible at a time. The other streams keep playing in the background, but you won’t hear them until you toggle to them.
This is perfect for following several live TV channels during news hour or switching between music and podcasts without missing anything.
If you use GNOME, you can even set a keyboard shortcut to make switching super fast!
I’m still working on improving this tool, so if you have any suggestions or find any bugs, please let me know. You can check out the project and download it from my GitHub repository.
https://github.com/zikusooka/toggle-pw-volumes
Enjoy, and happy streaming!