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<blockquote><font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> On 11/04/2004
06:19 PM, Matthew Gleed wrote: </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> I'm having a problem with not being able to
adjust the volume within </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> Mythfrontend using ALSA. I've been going over the
archives and I've </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> seen a couple references to this problem without
any resolution </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> posted. When ever I try to adjust the volume I
see the OSD come up </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> but it is always at 0 percent. My audio output is
fine as are the </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> audio levels and I'm able to adjust the volume
levels within </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> alsamixer. I'm using the audio on my motherboard
which is provided by </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> an intel ICH5 chipset. </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">What audio code
are you running? version .16, CVS, or Ed's latest patch? </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> I think I'm pretty clear on how to configure the
audio output device </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> field. However, I haven't found any documentation
that was clear on </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> what should be used in the mixer device field. </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">The mixer field
should be "default" (without the quotes) if you are </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">using the "big
audio update" patch. </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> So I have just assumed that the two fields should
be configured the </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> same. If this isn't accurate can someone set me
straight. If anyone </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> has any ideas as to why I cannot adjust the
volume levels within the </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> frontend I would appreciate it. Do I need any of
the ALSA plugins to </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="#660066">> be able to adjust volume? Thanks! </font></font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">Myth doesn't
support changing the volume with ALSA yet unless you are </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">using the "big
audio update" patch. If you are using the audio patch, I </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">have noticed
that I can't change the volume using the optical out with </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">my ICH4 mobo.
Not sure about the ICH5. I just bought an ICH5 mobo with </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">coax S/PDIF
output so I'll let you know how that goes. Anyway the only </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">way I could get
the volume control to work on the ICH4 was to use the 6 </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">channel analog
out to my receiver. </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">Also there is a
problem with the latest audio patch where the volume </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">control can get
stuck on a certain volume because the </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">increment/decrement
amount is less than the smallest range adjustment </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">(if you don't
understand what this means just take my word for it). </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">I just sent a
patch against Ed's latest patch to the dev list which </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">improves Alsa
support and should fix the volume control. I am </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">rebuilding my
dev machine right now so I can't actually test the volume, </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">but the audio
works much better (no more audio lag). </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">HTH, </font></font><br>
<font color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><font
color="black" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">David</font></font><br>
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<br>
Thanks for the reply David. So many details, I always leave out
something. I'm running CVS as of 11/4/04. So your saying that the
mixer should be set to "default" or "ALSA:default". I tried is both
ways didn't make a difference. I tried centering the main and pcm
volumes in alsamixer to see if that would help unstick them due to the
increment issue you mentioned above. That didn't help either. The
volume OSD is always 0 and unresponsive. Would I need any special
directives in the .asoundrc file or should the defaults work?<br>
<br>
I'll look forward to your patch being rolled up in to CVS. Sure wish I
could code, but I'm just a lowly network engineer. ;)<br>
<br>
-mgleed<br>
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