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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:58:29 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: Volume control in mplayer resetting 50% when starting /
 stopping video clips
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:27:49 +0000, Alexander Best wrote:
> On Thu Sep 29 11, Polytropon wrote:
> > This is ANNOYING.
> > 
> > Does anyone know a solution for this?
> 
> try 'sysctl hw.snd.vpc_autoreset=0'.

Many thanks! This restored the default behaviour!
I have it set in /etc/sysctl.conf now.

And: No, I _won't_ ask why this kind of stuff is required
to restore default behaviour and established functionalities
after minor upgrades, because it would certainly make me
a grumpy old man. :-)





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Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...