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I want visual feedback of the sound that is currently coming out of the computer. How can I view a live volume meter?

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A simple VU-meter-like graphical feedback is provided by pavucontrol Install pavucontrol or by pavumeter Install pavumeter

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  • Neither of these show any movement while sound is playing. Is some kind of extra setup required?
    – ændrük
    May 23, 2011 at 14:07
  • That's weird. I took the shots while they wer bumping happily. This in 10.04, 10.10, 11.04. Hmm
    – Takkat
    May 23, 2011 at 14:11
  • I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. No movement in pavucontrol or pavumeter when playing sound from Banshee, Clementine, or YouTube (npviewer.bin) in two different 11.04 installations. pavucontrol lists each in the playback tab, just like your screenshot.
    – ændrük
    Jun 10, 2011 at 4:29
  • But you do hear a sound? For me the signal levels work fine in 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 on two different boxes.
    – Takkat
    Jun 10, 2011 at 6:13
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I found that you have to have the audio device "output monitor" (an input device) level up, for any real-time indication in Pavucontrol to work for output sounds.

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