On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Gabriel wrote: > Thanks for the quick answer, Bill. The point is that kde applications (I > think that this is based in the ALSA behaviour) treat "Master" as the master > volume control, rather than PCM. Therefore even though all the volume > controls work (both software as the kde volume control and "hardware" as the > built in keys in the keyboard and in the remote) they do not act on PCM. It > is kinda strange because they control some frequencies, then when I mute > "MAster" still hear some distorted sounds. Yes, I agree it is annoying. > > I do not think is a matter of contacting the manufacturer, but of software. > Anyways, the vendor is Apple, who would not care less what happens if I do > not use their OS. It is the vendor of the sound chipset not of the computer. In this case perhaps intel. > > On Dec 28, 2007 4:18 PM, Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Gabriel wrote: >> >>> I am running ALSA on a MacBook (HDA - Intel board), running ubuntu. I >> have >>> noticed that the kcontrol for master volume does not affect the whole >>> systme volume, but just a part of it. The PCM volume does control the >> whole >>> volume. Is it possible for this two controls to be swapped? how do I >> swap >>> them to the -most usefull- original configuration? >> >> GEt in touch with the sound card manufacturer and tell them to swap them >> AFAIK the alsa writers give the names to the various controls that the >> sound card manufacturers give. >> I am not sure what you mean by " affect the whole system volume". >> PCM is the usual volume control on most sound cards. I have never figures >> out exactly what master does. >> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >> > > > > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
