At Mon, 7 May 2007 14:10:18 -0700,
John L. Utz III wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> the CMI8738 allows for 4 channel output by providing a second DAC, but
> sadly the hardware has no volume control for said second DAC.
>
> A review of /usr/share/alsa/cards/CMI8738-MC6.conf shows that the
> implementor of said file was aware of the need to fix the problem:
>
> # 2nd DAC
> # FIXME: we need a volume attenuator for rear channel.
> CMI8738-MC6.pcm.rear.0 {
> @args [ CARD ]
> @args.CARD {
> type string
> }
> type hw
> card $CARD
> device 1
> }
>
>
>
> I'd really like to fix this!
>
> Is it fixable by creating a softvol plugin?
>
> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm_plugins.html#pcm_plugins
>
> so, if i have to invoke speaker test with -Dhw:0,1 to get 4 channel
> out, what does that tell me about how i need to configure a softvol for
> this item?
>
> Or am i missing the point and it's actually the *driver* that needs to
> be doctored up to provide a softvol implementation. If so, how?
For using the rear PCM defined in the above, you must use "rear" PCM
as it's named, not hw:0,1, such as
% aplay -Drear foo.wav
The softvol implementation is easy. See CMI8738-MC8.conf as a
reference. Note that you should use a different mixer name instead of
"PCM Playback Volume". If an existing control name is specified,
softvol will be skipped automatically. Use "Rear Playback Volume"
instead, for example.
Takashi
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