Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 released

Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 released

[Sebastian H.]

Hello again

After an almost complete rewrite to support separate channels views
in the main sliders and switches areas, Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 is now
available.

http://xwmw.org/alsamixer-qt4/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/alsamixer-qt4/files/


This is a snapshot from the CHANGELOG file.

* The channels mixer dialog is gone
* Mixer elements can be toggled between joined and channels view
* Automated switch from joined to channels view if channels values
  differ for a certain time
* New context menus for mixer elements
* New dynamic support for the Alsa is_active element flag
* New command line arguments similar to the console alsamixer ones
* The card selection widget got basic support for Alsa plugins
* GUI cleanups and slight style changes
* Reduced CPU usage by showing QSpinBox widgets only on demand
  (mouse over)
* Fixed a forgotten debug timer that was always running
  in 0.4.1 (constant 1% CPU usage)


I ran several tests but since a lot of code has been rewritten
there still may be regressions or even new bugs.
There're also some implemented features I couldn't test at all
because my rather basic hardware doesn't support it.

- Mixer elements with more than two channels.
If the sliders arrangement or some graphics for your card
with 32 channels per element look weird, please drop me a
note and/or a screenshot.

- Is-active flag
In theory the mixer should support dynamic hiding and
revealing of elements whose is-active flag changes.
If it doesn't or even crashes, please tell.


Any comments are welcome.


Best,
Sebastian H.

Re: [Alsa-user] Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 released

[Niccolò Belli]

Awesome, best mixer ever!

Thank you,
Darkbasic

Re: [LAU] [alsa-devel] Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 released

[Niels Mayer]

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Sebastian H. <vand2-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> ( http://xwmw.org/alsamixer-qt4/ )
> After an almost complete rewrite to support separate channels views
> in the main sliders and switches areas, Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 is now
> available.

This is a vast improvement over the previous version for those with
envy24-based cards where the previous separate channel views were
problematic ( http://www.spinics.net/linux/lists/alsa-devel/msg36494.html
).

Here's how this latest alsamixer-qt4 looks against the equivalent
controlpanels from http://mudita24.googlecode.com (svn trunk edition):
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/alsamixer-qt4-playback-envy24.png
http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/alsamixer-qt4-capture-envy24.png

One thing that takes getting used to: the controls that are "muted" in
envy24control/mudita24 are unchecked in alsamixer-qt4 -- the active or
captured channels are the ones showing the checkbox selection.

-- Niels
http://nielsmayer.com

Re: Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 released

[Sebastian H.]

Am 10.10.2010 23:20, schrieb Niels Mayer:
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Sebastian H. <vand2@gmx.de> wrote:
>> ( http://xwmw.org/alsamixer-qt4/ )
>> After an almost complete rewrite to support separate channels views
>> in the main sliders and switches areas, Alsamixer-Qt4 0.5.0 is now
>> available.
> 
> This is a vast improvement over the previous version for those with
> envy24-based cards where the previous separate channel views were
> problematic ( http://www.spinics.net/linux/lists/alsa-devel/msg36494.html
> ).
> 
> Here's how this latest alsamixer-qt4 looks against the equivalent
> controlpanels from http://mudita24.googlecode.com (svn trunk edition):
> http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/alsamixer-qt4-playback-envy24.png
> http://nielsmayer.com/envy24control/alsamixer-qt4-capture-envy24.png

Great, thank you for the screenshots. Everything looks good so far.
The free space after the rightmost playback slider bothered me a bit.
But that's due to the long label text of the slast slider.
And admitted, your envy24 mixer with the nice peak meters and the
dB labels looks a bit more professional. ;)

> One thing that takes getting used to: the controls that are "muted" in
> envy24control/mudita24 are unchecked in alsamixer-qt4 -- the active or
> captured channels are the ones showing the checkbox selection.

There're some mixer where one has to activate a switch to mute
the volume. I always found this counter intuitive.
If it were real switch that mutes a channel it may make sense.
But if something is glowing I would assume it to be *on*.
Maybe like the status LED beside the real mute switch.


Sebastian