Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:34:51 +0700 From: kyanh <xkyanh@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound configuration for pidgin Message-ID: <20090411083451.4dda0a46@icy.local> In-Reply-To: <20090410173504.e0f1eb2c.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090410205135.2a813f34@icy.local> <20090410173504.e0f1eb2c.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:35:04 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:51:35 +0700, kyanh <xkyanh@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring > > Pidgin, I use mplayer %s > > to make Pidgin play stuff. > > First, maybe mplayer is a bit "heavy stuff" for notification sounds. > What are these files? If they are *.wav, use "play %s" command, and > if they are *.mp3, use "madplay %s" or "mpg123 %s", as well as > "ogg123 %s" for *.ogg files. Check out the manpages for these > programs if you think you need further options. > I just use the default setting from Pidgin. I don't know what is the kind of sound though I guess that's *.wav. When I press "Browse" in Pidgin Configuration Page for Sound I don't get the right place of default sound file. Pidgin may use files from GTK collection. When I use Arch Linux I can use "play %s" but "play" isnot installed as default on FreeBSD. I install `mpg123` but I still get small sound. > > > > But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's volume is small (while > > the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway to have a > > bigger sound in Pidgin? > > Check the other volumes as well. PCM should be 100:100, too. > If vol == 100:100 and pcm == 10:10, it will be very silent. :-) > I see. I often use vol == 90 and pcm == 75. > Do other applications (music and movie player, games etc.) play > louder sounds? > The music and others sounds are normal. > > > > PS: sorry for my terrible English :) > > I'm not sure mine is better, don't mind. The guys on that list have > a lot of translational phantasy. :-) Thank you. I've learned from your message that I should use "louder" for sound instead of "bigger". Still find "smaller" sound :D -- Ky Anh, Huynh Homepage: http://viettug.org/
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