My bad for an earlier message on setting your mixer volume. Yes use alsamixer if you use alsa don't use aumix if you don't have it obviously ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson at bellsouth.net>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:07 PM Subject: Re: "mplayer" > The volume control isn't part of mplayer. That's handled elsewhere. Use > alsamixer. > > W. Nick Dotson writes: > > I must've unintentionally done something terrible to "mplayer". It was playing the "rms" speaches, and I could access "wuwf". Now, although I hear hard drive > > access, and the numbers for the "rms" speeches change, I get no audio. The amplifier is OK, as is the cable, as I tested it with other devices... (grin) > > > > I read the "mplayer" manual. Mostly it talked about all of the formats it could access, but I'll be darned if I heard anything about mute control, or a volume > > control. (grin) So, how do I access something with commands so I can crank up the volume and make sure the sound card isn't muted? > > > > Nick (the embarrassed) > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup