Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 01:07:50 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> To: Hiroharu Tamaru <tamaru@myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: snd_hda: loud distorted sound with NVidia MCP51 Message-ID: <20061207010750.4f73bc15.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <sa6mz612cxq.wl%tamaru@myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> References: <sa6mz612cxq.wl%tamaru@myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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--Signature=_Thu__7_Dec_2006_01_07_50_+0800_CIIwJL2icMnQUB6n Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:42:41 +0900 Hiroharu Tamaru <tamaru@myn.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote: [..] > Fiddling with vol and pcm with /usr/sbin/mixer only changes > the volume very slightly ( but it does change, always way > loud ). But decreasing it down until where 'vol' multiplied > by 'pcm' becomes less than 200, the sound stops completely. > I have not tried all combinations, but for instance, > vol =3D 2, pcm =3D 100 gives loud distored sound whereas > vol =3D 2, pcm =3D 99 gives silence. > Same with vol=3D50, pcm=3D4 and vol=3D49, pcm=3D4, etc. How about pcm=3D75 vol=3D55, or pcm=3D55 vol=3D45, or simmilar. Try not to set too wide gap between both vol and pcm. Besides, anything above 65 is considered harmful. >=20 > This barebone has a pair of speaker, mic connector at the front > panel and a speaker-mic-line trio at the rear, but both speaker > connectors behaves the same. >=20 > Setting hint.pcm.0.softpcmvol=3D1 did not help (the behaviour is the > same with or without this hint). >=20 The correct setting is hint.pcm.0.config=3D"softpcmvol", but as in your case it is already the default. -- Ariff Abdullah FreeBSD ... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........ --Signature=_Thu__7_Dec_2006_01_07_50_+0800_CIIwJL2icMnQUB6n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFdvjplr+deMUwTNoRAoWQAJ4nROwi2dzARB60FHmCas2JYUjUUgCgsU0O SWz27bD8Tx5+w9Fut9mJO3U= =bPv8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__7_Dec_2006_01_07_50_+0800_CIIwJL2icMnQUB6n--
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