On Mon, 2007-08-27 12:22:32 +0200, Zbigniew Baniewski <zb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:13:39PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
>
> > > A good additional example to my question - in the case of this sound card,
> > > nowhere any "mute" parameter... why?
> >
> > "amixer scontents" shows a `pswitch' capability for most of the mixer
> > controls, I guess this is what muting is controlled with? There's also
> > an `[on]' or `[off]' mark at the channel names, which probably is the
> > current state?
>
> I'm not asking "how to mute sth" - I'm asking: "what is the meaning of the
> `mute' variable/control" - just look at an example:
>
> numid=36,iface=MIXER,name='PC Speaker Playback Volume'
> ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0
> : values=0
> | dBscale-min=-45.00dB,step=3.00dB,mute=0
> numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='Aux2 Capture Volume'
> ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=100,step=0
> : values=100,100
> | dBscale-min=-40.00dB,step=0.40dB,mute=1
>
> The sound card of yours didn't have any "mutes".
Ah, now I see. I should have had a look at my Soundblaster's settings
first :) And I must admit that I never ever looked at the amixer
details before. As a long-time ALSA user, it always just worked out of
the box. (Congrats, ALSA people, for that!)
MfG, JBG
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