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mizery de aria
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 Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 8:24 pm Post subject: Volume levels resetting each new song [solved] |
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For a while I have experienced volumes resetting to obnoxious levels.
Just recently I discovered it happens immediately as a next song plays using mplayer.
Can someone help me diagnose and resolve my issue?
I am using pulseaudio.
My ~/.asoundrc
| Code: | pcm.!default {
type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
type pulse
} |
However, since /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
even with ~/.asoundrc fully commented, the issue still occurs.
However, when I run
| Code: | | mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0 * |
I do not experience the issue. It must be a pulseaudio issue.
Do any files in /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/* have anything to do with this issue perhaps? I haven't changed them. They are default.
pulseaudio-0.9.21.1 is emerged
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mizery de aria
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:33 am Post subject: |
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How do I "reset the default ones?"
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| If it's any consolation, I have the exact same problem as you. I don't want to get rid of pulseaudio, but when it causes headaches like this, it's hard to justify keeping it. |
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Just use softvol in mplayer. Append softvol="yes" to ~/.mplayer/config
Now, you can set the overall volume in pulse or alsa or whatever and let mplayer play at its default (usually 90% volume).
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, but solving this on a per application basis would be rather annoying. I want to have pulseaudio only control PCM and ignore the Master channel but when I add the line
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load-module module-alsa-sink control=PCM
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pulseaudio complains that it couldn't connect to PCM.
| Code: | I: (alsa-lib)pulse.c: PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
I: alsa-util.c: Error opening PCM device default: Connection refused
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "control=PCM"): initialization failed.
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. |
I don't suppose anyone has tried this? Or another thing would be to swap PCM and Master channels in pulseaudio's pipeline, but I don't know how to do that.
Edit: I solved my own problem. I edited
| Code: | | /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output.conf |
and changed [Element Master] volume to ignore. |
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mizery de aria
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| ppurka wrote: | Just use softvol in mplayer. Append softvol="yes" to ~/.mplayer/config
Now, you can set the overall volume in pulse or alsa or whatever and let mplayer play at its default (usually 90% volume). |
This didn't work. Not even `mplayer -softvol <files>`
Each new song played caused volume levels to reset to obnoxious states.
Also, I discovered the volume levels are auto adjusted when using flash in firefox as well.
And in another kind of related issue, Amarok is not allowing me to play audio to my speakers. pavucontrol forces audio output to hdmi. When I manually change playback to go to internal audio analog stereo, it reverts practically immediately to hdmi. Sometimes there is a delay and I can hear the audio come out of my speakers for a moment before it stops abruptly as it is auto reverted to hdmi. What could be causing this issue?
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mizery de aria
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| qacek wrote: | Edit: I solved my own problem. I edited
| Code: | | /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output.conf |
and changed [Element Master] volume to ignore. |
This didn't work for me. Even commenting all "volume = merge" and adding "volume = ignore" for each instance didn't work.
I reviewed all man pages `equery files pulseaudio|grep man` and didn't find any documentation that could help me find why volumes are changing.
file:///usr/share/doc/pulseaudio-0.9.21.1/html/volume.html didn't help either.
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555987 suggested `pulseaudio -k` which stops amarok from using pulseaudio and plays directly to alsa I think sound works for now... but not using pulseaudio, so I can only play one audio source at a time
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| mizery de aria wrote: | | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555987 suggested `pulseaudio -k` which stops amarok from using pulseaudio and plays directly to alsa I think sound works for now... but not using pulseaudio, so I can only play one audio source at a time |
I would suggest you to ditch pulseaudio and just work with pure alsa. The alsa configuration allows you to play multiple audio sources by default (that is, no configuration required).
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I remember having issues with using purely alsa and was unable to transfer currently playing audio to different devices such as usb headphones. With pulseaudio I am able to do so and have since learned how to resolve my issue.
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