VBAN Sendtext

Send Voicemeeter/Matrix vban requests.

For an outline of past/future changes refer to: CHANGELOG

Tested against

• Basic 1.1.1.8
• Banana 2.1.1.8
• Potato 3.1.1.8
• Matrix 1.0.1.2

Requirements

• Voicemeeter or Matrix
• Go 1.18 or greater (if you want to compile yourself, otherwise check Releases)

---

Use

go get github.com/onyx-and-iris/vbantxt

package main

import (
	"log"

	"github.com/onyx-and-iris/vbantxt"
)

func main() {
	var (
		host       string = "vm.local"
		port       int    = 6980
		streamname string = "onyx"
	)

	client, err := vbantxt.New(host, port, streamname)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	err = client.Send("strip[0].mute=0")
	if err != nil {
		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: %s", err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
}

Command Line

Configuration

Flags

• --host/-H: defaults to localhost
• --port/-p: defaults to 6980
• --streamname/-s: defaults to Command1
• --config/-C: defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME / vbantxt / config.toml
• --loglevel/-l: defaults to warn
• --version/-v: print the vbantxt version and exit

For example:

vbantxt --host="gamepc.local" --port=6980 --streamname=Command1 "strip[0].mute=1 strip[1].mono=1"

Environment Variables

Load the following values from your environment:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

export VBANTXT_HOST=localhost
export VBANTXT_PORT=6980
export VBANTXT_STREAMNAME=onyx

Flags will override environment variables.

TOML Config

By default the config loader will look for a config in:

• $XDG_CONFIG_HOME / vbantxt / config.toml (see os.UserConfigDir)

A valid config.toml might look like this:

host="gamepc.local"
port=6980
streamname="Command1"

A custom config path may be passed with the --config/-C flag.

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Script files

The vbantxt CLI accepts a single string request or an array of string requests. This means you can pass scripts stored in files.

For example, in Windows with Powershell you could:

vbantxt $(Get-Content .\script.txt)

Or with Bash:

xargs vbantxt < script.txt

to load commands from a file:

strip[0].mute=1;strip[0].mono=0
strip[1].mute=0;strip[1].mono=1
bus[3].eq.On=0

---

Matrix

Sending commands to VB-Audio Matrix is also possible, for example:

vbantxt "Point(ASIO128.IN[2],ASIO128.OUT[1]).dBGain = -8"

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Logging

The --loglevel/-l flag allows you to control the verbosity of the application's logging output.

Acceptable values for this flag are:

• debug
• info
• warn
• error
• fatal
• panic

For example, to set the log level to debug, you can use:

vbantxt "bus[0].eq.on=1 bus[1].gain=-12.8"

The default log level is warn if the flag is not specified.