From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 29 23:38:45 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 51CBF1065670 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:38:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 150278FC15 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:38:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-41-66.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.41.66]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 811981E102 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:38:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id p8TNcgwc002072 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:38:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:38:42 +0200 From: Polytropon To: FreeBSD Message-Id: <20110930013842.ccef8a92.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110929181750.5cbd02ce@scorpio> References: <20110929062327.e2540d4b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110929172748.GA6639@freebsd.org> <20110929235829.4e8b0f8a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110929181750.5cbd02ce@scorpio> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:38:45 -0000 On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:17:50 -0400, Jerry wrote: > 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. No need to introduce "Windows" here to claim that something is wrong. As I said in my original question, this functionality _has been working_ for many years as expected on _various_ sound cards that I've used (CMI chipset based as well as today's typical HDA stuff). Due to audio level considerations, especially when I have to do some audio processing, the ability to differentiate all the many channels of the mixer is a good help. But when something suddenly breaks, you wonder _why_ this has been changed. I'm sure there are other things that stopped working because of new "features" and who knows what - _I_ do _not_ know. :-) > 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". Fully agree. Nice terminology, by the way. :-) The disability to to keep using my perfectly working SCSI because I cannot put the controller into my "new" system _is_ such thing, even though there is no relation to the system or the installed applications. Using USB scanners just seems to be much more trouble than just attaching a SCSI scanner and start using it (without any configuration); this is also a good example of what can cause AJADA. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...