Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 23:54:16) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: > > > Another thing you might try is go "below" Pulseaudio and mess > > directly with ALSA settings: > > > > Install the package alsa-utils and run (in a terminal) the tool > > alsamixer > > > > By default it will probably show a single volume control for a > > virtual audio card called Pulseaudio - switch to your real > > underlying audio card by hitting F6 and select it. Try play around > > with that... > > All the outputs are set to 100. Lowering them does make things (even) > quieter; but that's not very helpful, of course.
I recommend to play with other tunables than the volume controls alone - but if your audio card is simple then possibly there are none. I also suggest that you try test audio levels of other programs than the ones you normally use - to rule out eventual presets in those applications. My favorite general audio/video player is mpv. Others swear to mplayer (which predates mpv) or VLC (which each too much resources in my experience) or various GStreamer based tools which again is more resource heave in my experience. An area righ in bikeshedding. Next layer is the system configuration of ALSA. Look at /etc/alsa/* and /usr/share/alsa/* and read the documentation and engage in chat forums. Next layer after that is the kernel modules. Look at /etc/modprobe.d/* and /etc/modules-load.d/* and /etc/modules and /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and read various documentation etc. Or buy an audio card. Which one to pick depends on several factors, and has plenty of room for bikeshedding. Personally I would buy either a dirt cheap no-name USB card or one specific one which is not really cheap nor very featureful except one feature that I have looked high and low for: a single minijack plug (not two separate ones) for both audio in and out following the CTIA wiring standard same as non-chinese-market smartphones (so that I can easily use it for video conferencing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#TRRS_standards - the only audio card I have found supporting that standard is the "Sound BlasterX G1" from Creative. My help stops here... Good luck, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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