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dartleader
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 Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:36 am Post subject: Unable to manage sound levels. |
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Hey everyone,
I'm having a lot of problems managing sound levels.
Currently, there is no way for me to manage sound levels except using alsamixer. ncmpcpp, vimpc, vlc, mpc and MALP (android app) all say there is no mixer when attempting to manage volume, and running any programs which require sound override my alsamixer settings. Even running a new program while I have alsamixer open in front of me will hijack and override my alsamixer settings, even if I'm in mid conversation using steam voice chat. Needless to say this is infuriating, and requires me to constantly juggle audio settings while trying to game/watch youtube/use my headset, etc.
In addition, playing music with ncmpcpp while I have firefox running will cause the music to play over my monitor speakers. If I close down firefox and restart my ncmpcpp client the music will play over my PC speakers as expected.
I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this; ideally I would like all audio to be output through my headset and PC speakers, and to be able to adjust volume up/down using the mpd mixer interface included in vimpc/mpc/ncmpcpp.
Please advise. |
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alamahant
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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If you have pulseaudio then install pavucontrol.
You get a nice little interface to manage all these things.
That would be ideal.
If not
maybe
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media-sound/volumeicon
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but just for volume level.
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Ralphred
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like you need some (d)mixing going on. Try this ~/.asoundrc file | ~/.asoundrc: |
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "speakers"
}
ctl:!default {
type hw
card 0 #<<### HERE
}
pcm.speakers {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
ipc_key_add_uid false # let multiple users share
ipc_perm 0666
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0" #<<###HERE
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 44100
}
hint {
show on
description "Speakers"
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
} |
The bits marked "#<<###HERE" you need to alter to match your hardware, aplay -L can help with that. |
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dartleader
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Joined: 21 Apr 2019
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| Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Ralphred, thanks for the advice.
I've tried adding that .asoundrc file, and pointing it at my PCH card, which is what I think I want, but I am still having no luck whatsoever managing sound levels between applications.
Here is the output of my aplay -L:
| Code: | Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
upmix
Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
speakers
Speakers
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
Front output / input
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC1150 Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH
USB Stream Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2
HDA NVidia, HDMI 2
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
HDA NVidia, HDMI 3
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=4
HDA NVidia, HDMI 4
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=5
HDA NVidia, HDMI 5
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=6
HDA NVidia, HDMI 6
HDMI Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=NVidia
HDA NVidia
USB Stream Output |
And alamahant, I've installed pavucontrol and it's not able to control anything. I have no devices listed in pavucontrol.
Here is the output of aplay -C:
| Code: | ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.4/work/alsa-lib-1.2.4/src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c:1009:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
arecord: main:830: audio open error: Invalid argument |
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