2010/4/3 Colin Guthrie <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 'Twas brillig, and Nicolo' Chieffo at 02/04/10 21:25 did gyre and gimble: > > I just had a discussion with pulseaudio developers in which they told > > me that if the speakers don't emit any audio when the ALSA volume is > > 0%, then the correct gain value should be -inf dB (a value lower than > > -200 for pulseaudio means mute). Unfortunately my card has -48 dB. > > > > They also said that if with -47.25 dB (which is what I get with ALSA > > volume set to 2%) I can hear audio even if it's very very low, at -48 > > dB I should still be able to hear something (the scale is > > logarithmic). > > > > Their request is to change to -200 the gain reported from my card > > driver when the ALSA volume is set to 0%. > > Thanks > > FWIW, I've got the same/similar h/w with a cutoff at 14% in PA as you > have. I've been meaning to get this fixed for a while, but I'm > incredibly lazy with certain things that don't bother me practically, so > haven't followed it up yet. > > Thanks for getting the ball rolling :) > > If any specific debug is needed here, feel free to ask. > > Col > > -- > since PA provide software atten/software gain ,the software atten of 16bits audio is -48dB I guess the problem is related to PA shift the 0dB point (i.e. the software gain +15dfB to 0dB) you have to ask PA developer the value of software dB gain provided by the PA server _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel