etihwnad / mute-toggle

Toggle Zoom, Meet, etc audio and video in Linux

mute-toggle

Toggle Zoom, Meet, etc audio and video mute state in Linux.

Usage

mute-toggle [-v|v] [-a|a]

Find the active chat application and toggle the audio and/or video state on/off.

With no arguments, it defaults to toggling audio only.

• Zoom via window name "Zoom Meeting".
• Google Meet via window name prefix "Meet - ". Note: this only works when the browser tab is active in its window.
• GoTo Meeting via window name prefix "GoTo".

Installation

Make the script executable (chmod +x mute-toggle) and either place in a directory in your $PATH or run from its current location (./mute-toggle).

I then map this script to a global keyboard shortcut for easy access. For me:

• Pause triggers mute-toggle -a
• Shift-Pause triggers mute-toggle -v

Requirements

• xdotool

On Ubuntu (tested on Kubuntu 20.04 LTS):

sudo apt install xdotool