Everyone kept mentioning mplayer2, but i figured it was just another lame fork. It appears to be way more responsive, and if you do softvol=1 in your mplayer config, it sticks across files. Enjoy! On 9/13/2012 1:07 PM, Rob Hudson wrote: > I set it up so that mplayer uses my USB sound card to get around this. > Got tired of volume up and down all over the place. > In your ~/.mplayer//config add this line for a different audio device: > ao=alsa:device=hw=1 > > Or whatever number your other card is. Doesn't work if you have pulse > I don't think. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:17 PM > Subject: Re: speakup and audio with alsa also bitlbee and irssi > > >> I have MPlayer configured to play audio through Softvol, and I too >> experience >> this. If I play file1.ogg and decide to lower its volume, this change >> will take >> effect only while file1.ogg is playing. As soon as file2.ogg begins >> playing, >> volume is back up to whatever the current amixer-configured setting >> is. The only >> way I know of to mitigate this is to use Pulseaudio to keep >> program-specific >> volume changes persistent, during the lifetime of the process. >> However, this >> does introduce its own set of problems, such as lots of audio >> latency/artifacts/interrupt issues last I used it. >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:59:34AM -0400, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote: >>> If I want to change the volume, I just go to another window and use >>> amixer. >>> >>> Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote: >>> >>> > I use 0 and 9 to change the volume. When I do it changes the >>> volume on >>> > everything. Did you perhaps change anything? >>> > On 9/13/2012 9:10 AM, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote: >>> > > mplayer is not doing that here, very strange. >>> > > >>> > > Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote: >>> > > >>> > >> Amixer works fine. But MPlayer by default is raising and lowering >>> > >> either the PCM or the Master volume, which causes problems b >>> ecause >>> > >> that's the volume of everything. So getting them to work > >> >>> independantly >>> > >> is the million dollar question. >>> > >> On 9/13/2012 2:31 AM, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote: >>> > >>> Doesn't amixer work for you?] >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >>> > >>>> Hello all: >>> > >>>> I had a few questions: >>> > >>>> first, I was using mplayer, and the only solution I've seen >>> was > >>>> one >>> > >>>> Chris Brannon pointed out, which was to use softvol. I've >>> also > >>>> seen it >>> > >>>> mentioned in numerous places on Google. Problem is, softvol is a >>> > >>>> software volume control, and when you change the volume of >>> say > >>>> track >>> > >>>> 1, it puts track2 right back up at the max volume. Are there >>> other >>> > >>>> players/ways to make mplayer only change alsa so that it'll >>> keep > >>>> it's >>> > >>>> volume through the entire song? >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> Also, I want to use Bitlbee for my messengers. Has anyone >>> written > >>>> a >>> > >>>> script that just uses events to play sounds? contact signs >>> on, new >>> > >>>> query opened, new message received etc? I know you can >>> trigger on >>> > >>>> events, but I'm not sure how to trigger on specific events >>> from > >>>> within >>> > >>>> a specific connection, like bitlbee for example. >>> > >>>> Thanks, >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Take care, >>> > >>>> Ty >>> > >>>> http://tds-solutions.net >>> > >>>> The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: >>> > >>>> http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud >>> > >>>> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is >>> a > >>>> fool; he that dares not reason is a slave. >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> > >>>> Speakup mailing list >>> > >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> > >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> > >> >>> > >> -- > >> Take care, >>> > >> Ty >>> > >> http://tds-solutions.net >>> > >> The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: >>> > >> http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud >>> > >> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a >>> fool; > >> he that dares not reason is a slave. >>> > >> >>> > >> _______________________________________________ >>> > >> Speakup mailing list >>> > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> > >>> > >>> > -- > Take care, >>> > Ty >>> > http://tds-solutions.net >>> > The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: >>> > http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud >>> > He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a >>> fool; he > that dares not reason is a slave. >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Speakup mailing list >>> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> -- >>> Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: >>> How do >>> you spend it? >>> >>> John Covici >>> covici at ccs.covici.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> -- >>> This message has been scanned for viruses and >>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>> believed to be clean. >>> >> >> -- >> Igor >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.