From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 11 01:56:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106E2106564A for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:56:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xkyanh@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2AB28FC2F for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xkyanh@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1130481wfg.7 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:56:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization:x-operating-system :user-agent:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=QOeSRqZBDWHqhNvCICxiLtJ8tT9CkGIN8bm3QUOE/k4=; b=kYiDVHmRGV2dbVcCQfRaLUFr7r0aiydSvWGs2p7PFnld4IMlpxCpr6+xg5Ssm7g2XZ v1iFf9ZS1wwA0ixUHPimYMhm5JtsfXI2WJCuXLpI/iezBX5vO/1jO9TFj5/5IHj5/BaV F8cQgb5zv8RT4PGXkr383UKNG3g14EJxq772s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-operating-system:user-agent:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=rMH6cdPj7eq+Dyw7OV/TQonaqgNDktrZZKEr0Nicl0WRwdzR0ycK0qvj/GRqJ9tI20 j39gRROkNnFdjdE3elk9Ct/yPBDXjk6y4nG8zJFqTBR3D2TmQ02ZvnX+4oWT4g5+Vlcl S+P4cjeG6O4b++7BUOcjv3BkADqqgiQEhJzrc= Received: by 10.142.185.21 with SMTP id i21mr1581080wff.220.1239414991565; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from icy.local ([115.76.77.153]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 31sm6318726wff.35.2009.04.10.18.56.29 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:56:17 +0700 From: kyanh To: Geoff Fritz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090411085617.5142ab8b@icy.local> In-Reply-To: <20090410160704.GA57657@dev.null> References: <20090410205135.2a813f34@icy.local> <20090410160704.GA57657@dev.null> Organization: Vietnamese TeX Users Group X-Operating-System: Windows 98 User-Agent: Moveup browser X-Mailer: Moveup mail client (windows 98) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: sound configuration for pidgin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:56:32 -0000 On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:07:04 -0600 Geoff Fritz wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 08:51:35PM +0700, kyanh wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring > > Pidgin, I use > > mplayer %s > > to make Pidgin play stuff. 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? > > > > Thank you! > > I use the same method you do. Just a tip: since you use mplayer, > as opposed to the default gstreamer, you can clear a *lot* of cruft > from your system by reconfiguring the pidgin port and turning off > the gstreamer option, re-installing pidgin, then uninstalling the > gstreamer stuff. I find that the ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves port is > execllent for such cleaning. > I wil try. Knowing `pkg_cutleaves` is a bonus :P > Onto your question. I have two thoughts. > > First, make sure that /usr/sbin/mixer shows "vol" and "pcm" both at > a a reasonable level. I find that 60:60 is usually sufficient for > me, whether I used headphones or speakers. > I did this before configuring Pidgin. > Second, the sound files you are using might simply be a bit low on > the volume side. You may want to load them into something like > audacity to increase their loudness. > The problem is that I use Pidgin's default sound files. I cannot locate those files (pkg_info -L pidgin). > > > PS: sorry for my terrible English :) > > No apologies needed. Your written English is excellent! Thank you for your helps and your kind words :) -- Ky Anh, Huynh Homepage: http://viettug.org/