Re: [LAD] ICE1712 [Envy24] and Master volume

From: Stefan Kost <ensonic@email-addr-hidden-obscura.de>
Date: Sat Oct 20 2007 - 19:44:22 EEST

Hi,

I belive the alsamixer, gnome-mixer and volume control only works with hardware
devices. Only in skype is saw the softvol device listed :/

Stefan

Bearcat M. Sandor schrieb:
>> hi,
>>
>> sorry for off-topic post. I have a Hoontech DSP 2000 (Envy24) based
>> soundcard.
>> It works fine with the Envy24 control utility and also to some extend with
>> the
>> gnome-volume-control (gnome-mixer). One annoyance is that there is no
>> master
>> volume. I've routed PCM1/2 to the digital mixer but fail to find any
>> control for
>> digital mixers master volume. Did anyone had more luck with this?
>>
>> Stefan
>
> Yes. You need to add a softvol control. The following file will give you
> one called "Master" and set up dmix which will allow you to play more then
> one stream at once. This file assumes your card is card 0. If not change
> the "pcm "hw:0,0" and "card 0" lines. Note that dmix is hardset to 48khz
> so you will need to change your sample rate in your card settings to match
> or else things will sound too slow or too fast.
>
> Here's my /etc/asound.conf.
>
> pcm.dmixer {
> type dmix
> ipc_key 1024
> ipc_key_add_uid false
> ipc_perm 0660
> slave {
> pcm "hw:0,0"
> rate 48000
> format "S32_LE"
> period_time 0
> period_size 1024
> buffer_time 0
> buffer_size 8192
> #was 5120
> }
> }
>
> pcm.softvol {
> type softvol
> slave.pcm "dmixer"
> control {
> name "Master"
> card 0
> }
> }
>
> # change default device:
> pcm.!default {
> type plug
> slave.pcm "softvol"
> }
>
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