On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 08:55:04AM +0800, Lu Guanqun wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:16:52PM +0800, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 17:08 +0300, David Henningsson wrote: > > > On 09/21/2011 02:22 PM, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > There exists audio hardware that produces annoying noise (snap, crackle, > > > > pop) when changing the alsa mixer settings, unless hw mute is used > > > > during the mixer changes. I'm planning to fix this by using hw mute > > > > during path activation, if the path provides hw mute. If anyone has > > > > objections or other comments, the best time to publish them would be > > > > now :) > > > > > > Does not sound like anything I would like to enable by default - e g, > > > what if hw mute introduces a click, and changing the volume does not? > > > > If you think that such hardware is likely to exist, then I guess I'll > > have to make this configurable, and disable it by default. The path > > configuration files would get a new option for the [General] section: > > "mute-during-activation = yes/no". Does that sound ok to you? > > I have the same concern with David, but as it's configurable, I'm OK > with it. Hi Tanu, Sorry to send it again, but as a second thought, isn't the annoying noise a bug of underlying driver? I once met with a poorly written driver that causes lots of unpleasant noises (though not in mixer changing operation). -- guanqun
