On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:51:28AM -0700, Kevin Ross wrote: > On 08/09/2011 09:43 AM, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > >Hi list, > > > >Is there a way to boost the system sound volume? Playing DVDs in VLC > >with the alsa, pulseaudio, and vlc volumes all maxed out is still about > >30-40% of max volume in 'doze. I don't like pulseaudio, but for some > >reason skype doesn't work without it, and my family won't allow me to > >not have working skype, so for now I'm stuck with it... > > > >Thanks! > > > >-- > >rbmj > > Sounds like one of the mixer lines isn't turned all the way up. Run > alsamixer from a terminal, and make sure all the controls are turned > up to the max.
No, it's a well-known problem with PulseAudio. It gives max volumes much, much lower than Windows for no special reason I know of. Robert: if you're using Gnome, run gnome-volume-control. You can use the slider at the top to set volume to "more than 100%". (Yes, I know that's stupid.) Unfortunately the system will forget this setting if you ever lower the volume. You can run gnome-volume-control by right-clicking the volume applet and choosing "Sound Preferences" or from the command line. -- Carl Fink nitpick...@nitpicking.com Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110810100146.ga26...@panix.com
