On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 22:32 +0300, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 09:48 +0530, Arun Raghavan wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 00:43 +0300, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > > > I think the volume should be set to PA_MIN(s->base_volume, > > > PA_VOLUME_NORM). The base volume can be higher than NORM in some cases, > > > which will cause software amplification if the code is left as it is > > > now. > > > > Ah, thanks -- I'll fix this up. Is base_volume > 0 dB a case that makes > > sense, or is it just something that we might come across with broken dB > > values? > > By the way, what made you notice this problem in the first place? It > sounds strange that base_volume would somehow be a better volume for a > sink than PA_VOLUME_NORM when using passthrough. That's because if > base_volume does not equal PA_VOLUME_NORM, that means that hardware > volume with dB information is being used. I'd be surprised if on some > hardware there was an alsa volume element that would actually do > something useful in the passthrough mode.
This is all in-theory, to be honest. The hardware I have has base_volume as 0dB, so doesn't really make a difference here. -- Arun _______________________________________________ pulseaudio-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss
