From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jelle de Jong Subject: Re: volume scaling of usb audio class headset Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:16:13 +0200 Message-ID: <4902E3DD.3020304@powercraft.nl> References: <49020760.9080900@powercraft.nl> <74eb1fe20810241113q7ee8aa9ah63cf5346c6b940c1@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from node04.cambriumhosting.nl (node04.cambriumhosting.nl [217.19.16.165]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FB8B244AA for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:16:34 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <74eb1fe20810241113q7ee8aa9ah63cf5346c6b940c1@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Sean McNamara Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Sean McNamara wrote: > There is a *huge* (83 replies) thread in the alsa-devel ML archives > about this problem. Lennart Poettering raised the issue regarding his > Logitech external USB speakers. > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/52524 > > Sort through the replies to see if you can make any sense out of the > workarounds, patches, and so on that resulted from this discussion. If > possible, try the latest GIT alsa-driver and alsa-lib. > > Sean > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Jelle de Jong > wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> I got a question, I got a few usb headsets that seem to apply to the usb >> audio class and the volume scale is way to big with alsa. with the >> control on 10 of the 100 you are almost getting deaf. So my question is >> how does alsa make an scaling for such devices and how to fix it so that >> the full range can be used in a normal volume spectrum. >> >> Thank in advance, >> >> Jelle Thank you Sean for responding to the question, it seems I was not the only one with this issue. I got one more following question, which usb headset and usb audio adapters can I buy right now that are not effected by this issue? Or should I just wait until the upcoming releases that will hopefully fix the problem for all usb audio devices, or is this false hope? Best regards, Jelle