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From: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Major problem with the current alsa mixer.
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:14:28 +0100
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There is a MAJOR problem with the current alsa mixer.
How do I set a mixer volume to the 0 db point. I.E. no attenuation, and 
no gain.
Currently, we might have a value from 0 to 100%. Percent of what?
What this value means varies depending on the sound card hardware being 
used.
I think that this should all be changed to signed values, with a max and 
a min setting. With a value of 0 being equivalent to no-gain, 
no-attenuation. Each alsa-driver would then convert this signed value 
into a value actually written to the hardware register via a lookup table.

Cheers
James



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