Switch all types

[OliverJAsh]

IIUC, -s only works on the provided type, which defaults to output.

If you want to select a device for all types, you have to run

function switchAllAudio() {
  DEVICE=$1
  echo Switching all audio to $DEVICE
  SwitchAudioSource -t output -s $DEVICE && \
    SwitchAudioSource -t input -s $DEVICE && \
    SwitchAudioSource -t system -s $DEVICE
}

switchAllAudio "Earphones"

Perhaps we could add a flag to switch all types simultaneously? I rarely want my input to use a different device from the output.

[deweller]

This is a helpful tip. I think your solution is good.

I generally want to stay with the unix philosophy here and keep this utility as a simple building block for solutions like this.