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rif/cycle_sinks.py

Created June 22, 2018 20:52
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  1. rif created this gist Jun 22, 2018.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    from subprocess import check_output
    from re import findall, DOTALL, MULTILINE

    inputs = findall(r'.*?index: (\d+).*?sink: (\d+).*?application\.process\.id = "(\d+)"',
    check_output(['pacmd', 'list-sink-inputs']).decode("utf-8"), DOTALL|MULTILINE)
    sinks = findall(r'index: (\d+)', check_output(['pacmd', 'list-sinks']).decode("utf-8"))
    focused_window = check_output(['xdotool', 'getwindowfocus'])
    focused_pid = check_output(['xdotool', 'getwindowpid', focused_window]).strip().decode("utf-8")

    for app in inputs:
    if app[2] == focused_pid:
    # find new sink index
    index = 0
    for i in range(len(sinks)):
    if sinks[i] == app[1]:
    index = (i + 1) % len(sinks) # rotation
    break
    check_output(['pacmd', 'move-sink-input', app[0], sinks[index] ])
    break