At Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:53:49 -0500, Randy Cushman wrote: > > The Analog Devices multichannel AC '97 CODECs are configured in ALSA to > use ADI Compatibility Mode (aka AC '97 No Compatibility Mode). Because > of this, the function of some "Playback" controls differ from the AC '97 > standard. I propose renaming the controls to more closely match their > function. If no one objects, I will prepare a patch for this. Details > follow: > > (For each table I will identify the controls using the default AC '97 > names.) > > Standard AC '97 control functions: > Master - Front pin attenuation > Headphone - Headphone pin attenuation > PCM - Multichannel DAC level > Surround - Surround pin attenuation > Center - Center pin attenuation > LFE - LFE pin attenuation > > Names currently assigned for the AD1888, AD1980 and AD1985 CODECs (the > AD1986 currently uses the default names): > Master - Master Surround > Headphone - Master > PCM - PCM > Surround - Surround > Center - Center > LFE - LFE > > ADI function for AD1888, AD1980 and AD1985 CODECs: > Master - Front, Center and LFE pin attenuation > Headphone - Surround or Headphone pin attenuation > (These CODECs have shared pins that are used for either Surround or > Headphone) > PCM - Front channel DAC level > Surround - Surround channel DAC level > Center - Center channel DAC level > LFE - LFE channel DAC level > > ADI function for AD1986 CODEC: > Master - Multichannel pin attenuation > Headphone - Headphone pin attenuation > PCM - Front channel DAC level > Surround - Surround channel DAC level > Center - Center channel DAC level > LFE - LFE channel DAC level > > Proposed control names for AD1888, AD1980 and AD1985 CODECs: > Master - Master (Front, Center and LFE) > Headphone - Surround or Headphone > PCM - PCM Front > Surround - PCM Surround > Center - PCM Center > LFE - PCM LFE > > Proposed control names for AD1986 CODEC: > Master - Master Multichannel > Headphone - Headphone > PCM - PCM Front > Surround - PCM Surround > Center - PCM Center > LFE - PCM LFE Sounds good to me. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
