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diff --git a/awesome/widgets/pipewire.lua b/awesome/widgets/pipewire.lua
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+local awful = require("awful")
+local wibox = require("wibox")
+
+--local get_volume_cmd = "wpctl get-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ | sed 's/Volume: //;s/0*\\.//'"
+--local set_volume_cmd = "wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ %d%%%s" -- will be formatted
+local get_volume_cmd = "wpctl get-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@"
+
+local widget = {
+	textbox = wibox.widget.textbox()
+}
+
+local updating = false
+function update_volume()
+	if updating then
+		return
+	end
+	awful.spawn.easy_async(get_volume_cmd, function(vol)
+		updating = true
+		vol = vol:sub(8) * 100 -- skip `Volume: ` whos len is 8
+		widget.textbox:set_text(math.floor(vol))
+		updating = false
+	end)
+end
+
+-- NOTE pulseaudio-utils (pactl) is still required due to the dependence on the
+-- `pactl subscribe` command. in the future it would be advantageous to replace
+-- this. currently it is (probably) only really possible with dbus.
+awful.spawn.with_line_callback("pactl subscribe", { stdout = function(stdout)
+	--update_volume()
+end })
+
+update_volume()
+
+return widget.textbox