Speaker-Test for macOS Host

This Docker image just plays the ALSA's test sound in the container from the macOS host's speaker.

curl -L https://git.io/Jvihu -o run-test-local.sh && chmod +x "$_"
./run-test-local.sh

docker pull keinos/speaker-test

Requirements

• pulseaudio must be installed on your macOS host. Using Homebrew is the easiest way.

  $ # Install pulseaudio
  $ brew install pulseaudio
  ...

How to use

The Easy Way

Download the shell script from https://git.io/Jvihu and run.

$ # Download the script
$ cd ~/
$ curl -L https://git.io/Jvihu -o run-test-local.sh && chmod +x "$_"
$ # Run the script
$ ./run-test-local.sh

• NOTE:
  • It might be asked for a permission to let PalseAudio access your host.
  • https://git.io/Jvihu is an alias of https://KEINOS.github.io/Dockerfile_of_Speaker-Test-for-MacHost/run-test-local.sh

The Proper Way

1. Be sure that pulseaudio is running on host's (macOS') backgroud as a daemon.

   $ # Run pulseaudio daemon
   $ pulseaudio --load=module-native-protocol-tcp --exit-idle-time=-1 --daemon
   ...

2. pull or build the image.

   $ docker pull keinos/speaker-test

   Or clone the repo and build it locally. Try if your architecture is not x86_64 and get errors.

   $ cd ~/
   $ git clone /~https://github.com/KEINOS/Dockerfile_of_Speaker-Test-for-MacHost.git speaker-test
   $ cd "$_"
   $ docker build --no-cache -t keinos/speaker-test .

3. Run the container.

   docker run --rm -it -v ~/.config/pulse:/home/pulseaudio/.config/pulse keinos/speaker-test

   Be sure that ~/.config/pulse directory exists in your host and contains files such like below:

   $ ls ~/.config/pulse
   YourMachineName.local-card-database.x86_64-apple-darwin18.0.0.simple
   YourMachineName.local-default-sink
   YourMachineName.local-default-source
   YourMachineName.local-device-volumes.x86_64-apple-darwin18.0.0.simple
   YourMachineName.local-runtime
   YourMachineName.local-stream-volumes.x86_64-apple-darwin18.0.0.simple

4. If you hear "Front, left. Front, right" then it works.

TIPS

• How to check if the pulseaudio daemon is running.

  $ # Results if the daemon is running
  $ pulseaudio --check -v
  W: [] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because PulseAudio was built without capabilities support.
  I: [] main.c: Daemon running as PID 18848
  
  $ # Results if the daemon is NOT running
  $ pulseaudio --check -v
  W: [] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because PulseAudio was built without capabilities support.
  I: [] main.c: Daemon not running

Tested Machines

• List of env info that worked