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 Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:40 pm Post subject: change the default sound output card without restarting X? |
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Is it possible to choose the HDMI sound card as default without restarting X?
I know Mplayer could choose the HDMI sound card to play a film without restarting X.
An example, if I play a video in youtube or a live stream on my TV, I have to quit X and set .asoundrc to change the default sound card, and go back to X in order to get the sound worked from the TV. I want to know if it is possible to do that without .asoundrc? |
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People say that pulseaudio is useless, well, this is what pulseaudio can do fairly easily. With Pulseaudio, In Gnome you could just go to sound preferences, output, and click on the HDMI, and you're done...
Otherwise you have to somehow change the default output channel. But I'm not sure why you need to quit X to change .asoundrc? You will have to quit Firefox/youtube for sure but I would think quitting X isn't needed unless you already have some sort of sound repeater daemon?
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It is not necessary to quit X.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| eccerr0r wrote: | People say that pulseaudio is useless, well, this is what pulseaudio can do fairly easily. With Pulseaudio, In Gnome you could just go to sound preferences, output, and click on the HDMI, and you're done...
Otherwise you have to somehow change the default output channel. But I'm not sure why you need to quit X to change .asoundrc? You will have to quit Firefox/youtube for sure but I would think quitting X isn't needed unless you already have some sort of sound repeater daemon? |
I am not using pulseaudio, I have only alsa. I will try. Thanks |
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pd1986
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| Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| PaulBredbury wrote: | | It is not necessary to quit X. |
by pulseaudio too? |
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| pd1986 wrote: | | PaulBredbury wrote: | | It is not necessary to quit X. |
by pulseaudio too? |
If pulseaudio is setup properly, you don't need to quit X either (I can't think of a reason why you'd need to quit X11 at all, something seems very wrong here). The whole point of PA is to be able to change input/output source/sinks on the fly.
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Wait, won't alsamixer do this? Just use F6 to set the new card.
I take the OP is using pure alsa without pulseaudio.
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PaulBredbury
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| The Doctor wrote: | | won't alsamixer do this? |
No. Alsamixer does not edit ~/.asoundrc
I use ~/bin/speakers:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
# Posted at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1250505#p1250505
function headphones_in {
# Could also use:
# amixer -c 0 contents | grep -A2 "Headphone Jack" | tail -n 1 | grep -q "=on"
if [[ `grep "Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT VREF_HIZ" < /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 | wc -l` -eq 3 ]] ; then
# Surround, false
return 1
fi
# Headphones, true
return 0
}
if headphones_in ; then
speakers-headphones
else
# http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7160532.html#7160532
speakers-surround
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And to change the volume - xbindkeys. |
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pd1986
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| Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| eccerr0r wrote: | | pd1986 wrote: | | PaulBredbury wrote: | | It is not necessary to quit X. |
by pulseaudio too? |
If pulseaudio is setup properly, you don't need to quit X either (I can't think of a reason why you'd need to quit X11 at all, something seems very wrong here). The whole point of PA is to be able to change input/output source/sinks on the fly. |
Haha, I didn't install pulseaudio at all. That's why I need to quit X11 |
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| pd1986 wrote: | | Haha, I didn't install pulseaudio at all. That's why I need to quit X11 |
Pulseaudio or not, I still don't know why you have to quit X.
Oh wait. I just thought of one. If your mixer or some other program that's started with the window manager, and if that cannot be restarted by itself, then you will have to restart X. It should only affect that instance though... But no, X has no bearing on alsa control.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| eccerr0r wrote: | | pd1986 wrote: | | Haha, I didn't install pulseaudio at all. That's why I need to quit X11 |
Pulseaudio or not, I still don't know why you have to quit X.
Oh wait. I just thought of one. If your mixer or some other program that's started with the window manager, and if that cannot be restarted by itself, then you will have to restart X. It should only affect that instance though... But no, X has no bearing on alsa control. |
As I don't know how to control it. That's why I posted this thread. Could you please teach me? |
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pd1986
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| eccerr0r wrote: | | pd1986 wrote: | | Haha, I didn't install pulseaudio at all. That's why I need to quit X11 |
Pulseaudio or not, I still don't know why you have to quit X.
Oh wait. I just thought of one. If your mixer or some other program that's started with the window manager, and if that cannot be restarted by itself, then you will have to restart X. It should only affect that instance though... But no, X has no bearing on alsa control. |
I understand now. I can restart alsasound service after changing .asoundrc, and it works without restarting X.
one question, is it possible to switch the channel by command without restarting alsa service? |
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pd1986
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| The Doctor wrote: | Wait, won't alsamixer do this? Just use F6 to set the new card.
I take the OP is using pure alsa without pulseaudio. |
just select HDMI card in alsamixer? No, I tried. It changes nothing. don't know why |
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pd1986
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| The Doctor wrote: | Wait, won't alsamixer do this? Just use F6 to set the new card.
I take the OP is using pure alsa without pulseaudio. |
Actually, there is nothing in alsamixer for my HDMI card, but only S/PIDF with 00 |
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| pd1986 wrote: | | restart alsasound service |
There is no need for a service. Just restart the apps which have the soundcard open. You can see such apps with:
| Code: | | fuser -fv /dev/snd/* |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| PaulBredbury wrote: | | pd1986 wrote: | | restart alsasound service |
There is no need for a service. Just restart the apps which have the soundcard open. You can see such apps with:
| Code: | | fuser -fv /dev/snd/* |
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well Thanks you very much, I didn't know that. It works. |
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