On 02/17/2010 02:01 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Wed, 17.02.10 11:17, Mark Brown (broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:56:58AM +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote: >> >>> Nah. I actually don't need this value for PulseAudio. In PulseAudio I >>> chose to shift all scales so that maximum amplification becomes 0 dB, >>> so that the UIs are similar to how most hifi racks do it, and which I >> >> Interesting. The hifi equipment I've dealt with typically doesn't >> present any units at all in the UI outside of level monitors. > > My old Yamaha hifi rack had a volume dial where the max was labeled 0 > dB and the min setting was -inf dB. My new Yamaha shows the dB level > on an LCD screen whever you touch the volume dial, and it too goes > from -inf dB to 0 dB. I kinda assumed that stereos from other > manufacturers would do the exact same thing, but tbh never checked. At least some of them do it differently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven /Mads _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
