Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:19:40 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Volume control in mplayer resetting 50% when starting / stopping video clips Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcOrMtLkHVimMMTLg2CKewVSAmHKi=F3dGQL7oNZw5n92A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110930034451.8b8b51d4.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110929062327.e2540d4b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110929172748.GA6639@freebsd.org> <CAJ5UdcOEvmCu86xKVz52WjuTffQsyGu-=jMLBgbFnC=ope=6Bg@mail.gmail.com> <20110930034451.8b8b51d4.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:33:45 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> > try 'sysctl hw.snd.vpc_autoreset=0'. >> > >> Question, >> >> On one of my home machines, I have mixer pcm & vol set to 100% : >> >> [olivares@tricorehome /usr/home/olivares]$ mixer >> Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100 >> Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100 >> Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 >> Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 >> Mixer rec is currently set to 81:81 >> Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0 >> Mixer ogain is currently set to 50:50 >> Mixer monitor is currently set to 75:75 >> Recording source: mic > > I've also tried: > > First I set the mixer settings to the ones you have, at > least the relevant ones: > > % mixer vol 100 > % mixer pcm 100 > > From the last time, I had set mplayer's volume to zero. > Starting mplayer, no sound could be heared - as expected, > even as "mixer" displayed 100 for "pcm" and "vol". > > See my conclusion: It seems that mplayer handles volume > setting _separated_ from mixer's "vol" and "pcm". > > > >> in /boot/device.hints >> >> hint.pcm.0.vol="100" >> hint.pcm.1.vol="100" >> hint.pcm.2.vol="100" > I actually have hint.pcm.0.vol="100" hint.pcm.1.vol="100" hint.pcm.2.vol="100" hint.pcm.0.pcm="100" hint.pcm.1.pcm="100" hint.pcm.2.pcm="100" hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid29.config="as=1 seq=15 device=Headphones" hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid30.config="as=4 seq=0" in /boot/devices.hints. The last two lines are for Headphone input. If I am playing music and it is too loud, I plug in the headphones and the sound goes to the headphones and not to the speakers. I have snd_hda_load="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and if the sound is hda, then I used a script by Selven found here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=15082 I now have sound from headphones, whereas before I did not :) > > Nice, didn't know about those yet. > > Basically, FreeBSD's shutdown saves _current_ mixer settings, > and the startup restores them. So if you leave settings at > 100, they should be kept there. > > > >> But when I play with mplayer, the pcm setting is at 48% > > Seems to equal my 50% assumption. > > > >> I then increase the sound level by using the (*) key to increase it >> and the (/) key to lower it. I had reason to believe that once I >> would set up the sound using /boot/device.hints, it would be (set in >> stone) forever, but on starting up the system, mplayer puts it back at >> 48%. > > As it has done before here. > > I've tried your test with * and /, as well as 9 and 0, and > I don't see any changes in the "mixer" output. However, when > I use the volume keys (that control the "mixer" command) a > setting change can be seen. > > So I assume... mplayer does have some kind of internal audio > level setting? As I said: no change in "pcm" or "vol" when > changing volume inside mplayer in the default configuration, > as it was my initial conclusion. > I don't know enough about mplayer's internal settings :(, I only know that there is a conf file in ~/.mplayer/conf where settings are stored, but about sound not much. [olivares@tricorehome /usr/home/olivares]$ cat .mplayer/config # Write your default config options here! > > NB: I know that mplayer's keys can be set to change "vol" > instead of "pcm", but that does not seem to be the default > setting! > > > >> Will the systcl hw.snd.vpc autoreset=0 command cure this illness as well? > > Try it - it seems to be correct, at least from my few testing. > > > >> If it does, do I add it to /boot/device.hints? and it is a done deal! >> or no deal! :( > > I've added it to /etc/sysctl.conf. Have added it there :) Will see if it changes the settings(mplayers internal 48%) or not. > > > >> I have always wanted to ask but was not sure it it was freebsd or >> mplayer's configuration. > > In ultraworst case, freebsd-question@ is the right list to ask. :-) > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > Thank you Polytropon for your valuable input, will check it out later to see if the settings get saved or not. Regards, Antoniohelp
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