From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 29 22:17:54 2011 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 D324B106566C for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:17:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 875A08FC08 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:17:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxk36 with SMTP id 36so1348307yxk.13 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:17:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.141.16 with SMTP id o16mr8875309ybd.208.1317334673548; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:17:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-105-057.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.105.57]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s19sm8478175anm.20.2011.09.29.15.17.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3S8qz30TD7z2CG48 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:17:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:17:50 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110929181750.5cbd02ce@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20110929235829.4e8b0f8a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110929062327.e2540d4b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110929172748.GA6639@freebsd.org> <20110929235829.4e8b0f8a.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Volume control in mplayer resetting 50% when starting / stopping video clips X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:17:54 -0000 On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:58:29 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > 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. :-) I am still trying to figure out why I need to modify it and add: "hw.snd.default_unit=4" just to get sound to work on a card that works perfectly under Windows sans modification. I have actually graduated to the point where I develop ajada {http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ajada} when I contemplate modifying the hardware on my systems. I have evolved to a point way past "grumpy". -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html