hei Benedikt
I had similar soundcard problems:
1) alsamixer showed me no Master and no Surround/Center/LFE controls as I
expected (I had just a PCM and a Front control) for my card... -> the
solution was then that for my 5.1 soundcard (NVidia hda) I have to use the
following module option in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa :
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options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-6ch-dig
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with this '6ch' option I find all expected channels in alsamixer, including a
correct Master control.
2) I failed with the freevo alsamixer plugin too, but I works now great with
the alsamixer2 plugin:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
plugin.remove('mixer')
plugin.activate('alsamixer2')
ALSAMIXER2_MAIN_CTRL = 'Master'
ALSAMIXER2_MUTE_CTRL = 'Master'
ALSAMIXER2_CTRLS = [
# (ctrl, card, default vol, min vol, max vol)
('Master', 'hw:NVidia', 90, 0, 100),
]
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maybe you find a similar solution?
Andreas
Am Samstag, 8. März 2008 22:58 schrieb Benedikt Bär:
> Hi Duncan,
>
> The Freevo box is directly connected to a 5.1 speaker system. When I
> open alsamixer on the terminal, I can control the global volume of the
> whole system with the "PCM" channel.
>
> However, when I'm on the main menu of Freevo, I can control the volume
> using the remote Vol+ and Vol- buttons. When I press one of these, the
> Freevo OSD will show that it's changing the volume, but no alsa line
> gets modified.
>
> I'm thinking that maybe the volume control is not using ALSA at all. Do
> I have to install some command line tool for this to work?
>
> Here's the output of the -i command:
>
> Name: alsamixer
> Type: DaemonPlugin
> File: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/plugins/alsamixer.py
>
> Description:
> ------------
> Mixer for ALSA, requires pyalsaaudio module from
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyalsaaudio/
>
>
> Plugin configuration variables:
> -------------------------------
> ALSA_CARDID: Alsa Card id
> Default: hw:0
>
> ALSA_LINE_CARDID: Alsa Line Card id
> Default: hw:0
>
> ALSA_MIXER_NAME: Alsa Mixer Name
> Default: Master
>
> ALSA_PCMMIXER_NAME: Alsa PCM Mixer Name
> Default: PCM
>
> ALSA_LINEMIXER_NAME: Alsa Line Mixer Name
> Default: Line
>
> ALSA_MICMIXER_NAME: Alsa Mic Mixer Name
> Default: Mic
>
>
> The plugin is loaded with the following settings:
> type=default, level=10, args=None
>
>
> -
> Benedikt
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> On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 22:43 +0100, Duncan Webb wrote:
> > Benedikt Bär wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm currently setting up my Freevo media center, version 1.7.3. I have
> > > everything working, except one thing:
> > >
> > > I have a lirc remote control, when I press Vol+ or Vol-, Freevo
> > > correctly displays the volume change. Same with the mute button.
> > > However, the actual system volume is never actually changed.
> > >
> > > I'm using alsa, and have activated the alsamixer plug-in. I have also
> > > set "PCM" (which is the correct channel, according to alsamixer)
> > > in /etc/freevo/local_conf_py (MAJOR_AUDIO_CTRL).
> > >
> > > This happens in the menu, as well as with mplayer, etc...
> >
> > I've not used this plug-in yet but have you checked that you have set up
> > the ALSA_MIXER variables in you local_conf.py. Use:
> >
> > freevo plugins -i alsamixer
> >
> > I assume that freevo has speakers connected to the Freevo box and that
> > you have *not* connected Freevo to a AV receiver.
> >
> > Duncan
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