2010/4/8 Nicolo' Chieffo <nicolo.chieffo@xxxxxxxxx> > I'm sorry but I found out that I gave you wrong values of "amixer -D > pulse": I just discovered that when I lower the alsa master volume, in > some occasions the PCM volume goes to 99%, so now I will put it to > 100% and check the pulse volume again. > > 0 dB = 65536 [100%] > -3 dB = 57520 [88%] > -6 dB = 52057 [79%] > -12 dB = 41034 [63%] > -24 dB = 26090 [40%] > -48 dB = 10151 [15%] > > So again, the only problem is that -48 dB IS mute, but it's not > declared as mute. > This is the real issue. > For AC97 codec , both Master and PCM are hardware volume controls Register 02 - control the stereo master volume Register 18 - PCM out volume But on HDA , PCM is most likely a software volume control just like pulseaudio volume control _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel