try / and * on the regular keyboard not the numpad numpad is re-maped for speakup. ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 3:42 PM Subject: Re: "mplayer" > I tried the "*" and "/" commands on both the numeric row, and the numeric keypad, to no avail. Nor did "mute" work. I just got a lot of gabbling from my > synthesizer. > > Nick (the Puzzled) > > On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 08:35:32 -0500, David Bruzos wrote: > > Hello all: > Actually, mplayer can control the pcm volume for your computer directly > from its interface. The "/" key lowers the volume and the "*" raises > the volume. I am not sure if it has mute. This volume is the same as > the pcm volume in your mixer application. I use it all the time. > Actually, I just tested it and it does have mute also. The key for mute > is "m". You can press "m" once to mute the sound and press it again to > unmute it. So, you can do both, use the volume control or use mplayer's > interface. > > Hope this helps. > > David B. > > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 12:07:52AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
