From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam K Kirchhoff Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] Re: Re: SB Live! PCM control Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:38:17 -0500 Message-ID: <420C0C89.1010008@voicenet.com> References: <420270C1.3000706@voicenet.com> <1107457227.7256.37.camel@krustophenia.net> <4202A72C.3000007@superbug.co.uk> <1107645609.7256.73.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1107645609.7256.73.camel@krustophenia.net> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Lee Revell Cc: James Courtier-Dutton , alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net, alsa-devel List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Lee Revell wrote: >On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 22:35 +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > >>I think it is unwise to implement a Master volume control for the SBLive >>at this time. We had to remove it some time ago, and it can be >>implemented in a better way that in the DSP code. >> >> >> > >Really? This is certainly news to me. Why did you remove it? What's >this "better way" you speak of? And what's wrong with doing it in the >DSP? > >I wish you had said something sooner. Users have been complaining >vociferously about this as long as I have been involved with ALSA (not >as long as some people, but long enough ;-). > >Personally I never thought this was a big deal. I don't use the Audigy >master volume anyway, I just adjust the volume inside the app. It seems >broken to me for a program like mplayer to grab the master volume >control anyway. Shouldn't it just attenuate the PCM samples it's >generating? > >Lee > > > > So was there any sort of decision made regarding this? Not having a Master volume control for the Live! just seems broken, and will surely just continue to generate bug reports. Adam ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click