From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Re: [Alsa-user] Re: Re: SB Live! PCM control Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:04:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <420270C1.3000706@voicenet.com> <1107457227.7256.37.camel@krustophenia.net> <4202A72C.3000007@superbug.co.uk> <1107645609.7256.73.camel@krustophenia.net> <420C0C89.1010008@voicenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <420C0C89.1010008@voicenet.com> 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: Adam K Kirchhoff Cc: Lee Revell , James Courtier-Dutton , alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net, alsa-devel List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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