At Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:20:50 +0200, Daniel Schroeder wrote: > > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:43:56 +0200, > > Daniel Schroeder wrote: > >>>> - hp jack does not mute the other speakers > >>> Should it be? The behavior depends on the hardware type, and > >>> currently only laptop-style (2-channel, jack-auto-muted) and 3/6-stack > >>> for mobos (no jack-auto-muting). > >> could this be fixed in alsa or is this a hardware only issue? > > > > It's my question, too. I have no idea what you realy wanted, and > > how your hardware is designed to behave. > > > > On many systems, auto-muting via HP jack is simply annoying. > > > > > > Takashi > my old nforce2 mb mutes the other channels if i plug in the hp...but i > think the old mb does this in hardware... > > this was a real nice feature...so, i have to deactivate the other > channels in kmix now....this is O.K. :) > > the real funny thing about this thread...in Windows the center speaker > is not working in moviez, just like my initial and now fixed problem > with alsa :) And with alsa i have the possibility to mute the other > channels to have only sound output on my headphone...i haven't managed > this yet with windows and i would say, i have not this option to do this > in windows... > > conclusion: i love linux on the desktop :) Well, from technical POV, adding the auto-hp-mute behavior isn't too difficult. But it also reduces the flexibility as you noticed. And, if we implement auto-HP-mute, it's better to remove the mute switches of other channels for usability reason as well as on Windows. That is, a single Master mute switch to toggle all on/off. Takashi Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
