Re: Re: [Alsa-user] Re: Re: SB Live! PCM control

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:38:17 -0500,
Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> 
> 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.

IMO, a "Master" volume should control all volumes as it name stands.
If it doesn't control all channels, it should be renmaed at least as
"Front".


Takashi


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