On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 09:14:00AM +0200, LEVAI Daniel wrote:
> On Thursday 07 May 2009 21.45.00 Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 11:14:17AM +0200, LEVAI Daniel wrote:
> > > > I put a lot of work into azalia(4) in the last release cycel, and I'd
> > > > like to be able to say, when 4.6 release comes, that azalia is
> > > > "completed".
> > > >
> > > > by completed I mean it "just works" as expected, by default,
> > > > everywhere.
> > > >
> > > > so, if you are using OpenBSD 4.5 or -current, and you have *any*
> > > > issues with azalia(4) (I mean anything, even if it seems "small" or
> > > > is "not really a bug but I change this everytime"), please let me
> > > > know.
> > >
> > > I have a ThinkPad T60.
> > > I always wondered why I can hear the sounds from the earphones/speakers
> > > when the output
> > > volume control is on 0:
> > >
> > > $ mixerctl -va
> > > outputs.dig-dac_source=hdaudio  [ hdaudio adc ]
> > > outputs.line_source=dac  [ dac mix2 ]
> > > outputs.line_mute=off  [ off on ]
> > > outputs.line=0,0
> > >
> > > If I set outputs.line_mute=on, then it will mute it alright.
> >
> > all volume controls use the range 0-255.  but 0 rarely corresponds to
> > complete attenuation (in fact it might not attenuate at all); that's
> > what mute is for.
> 
> Ah, okay.
> My last question is why outputs.line's 0-112 value has the same (low) volume,
> and gains volume only after 112. So basically in a mixer app volume level
> 0-50% has no meaning, and the actual volume control happens between
> outputs.line=112<->250 (50%-100%).

I have an idea of how to work around this.  but first, I want to know if
the output amps on the other jacks on this codec have the same issue.
according to the datasheet, they are probably the same.

if anyone has an AD1981HD (dmesg | grep AD1981HD), please let me know
if you have similar issues.

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