Re: [Alsa-user] Is it possible to pre-amp output signal?

2006-06-19 Thread Francesco Peeters
On Sun, June 18, 2006 21:48, Francesco Peeters said:
 On Sun, June 18, 2006 16:46, Lee Revell said:
 On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 12:18 +0200, Francesco Peeters wrote:
 Hi all,

 Is it possible to configure ALSA through asoundrc to pre-amp (increase
 volume) the master output signal?


 Probably not - softvol can only attenuate, it cannot amplify signals.


 I was afraid you say that...

 If you have the volume at 100% it should be as loud as the hardware ios
 capable of.  Maybe there is a software volume control or compressor in
 MythTV that can do this?  I know mplayer has one.


 nope... MythTV uses whatever mixer it gets offered. I could (and will)
 test what happens if I use Xine or Mplayer to play a DVD to see if there
 is a difference in volume...

DVD was *much* better, almost identical to normal TV level, so I
investigated further and found out that the IVTV volume (Hauppage PVR250
tuner) was being reset to 80% everytime I started liveTV or scheduled a
recording.

Investigating that fact (using google and mythtv.org) I found that there
was a change in the system, and tuner volume was being set in the
recording profiles. Reset the profiles to use 100% volume on the tuner,
and now the live tv volume is virtually the same as when using the tv
tuner...

Problem solved!  ;-)

Thanks for the quick reply though!

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Re: [Alsa-user] Is it possible to pre-amp output signal?

2006-06-18 Thread Lee Revell
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 12:18 +0200, Francesco Peeters wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 Is it possible to configure ALSA through asoundrc to pre-amp (increase
 volume) the master output signal?
 

Probably not - softvol can only attenuate, it cannot amplify signals.

If you have the volume at 100% it should be as loud as the hardware ios
capable of.  Maybe there is a software volume control or compressor in
MythTV that can do this?  I know mplayer has one.

What sound card?

Can you attach the output of amixer?

Lee



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Re: [Alsa-user] Is it possible to pre-amp output signal?

2006-06-18 Thread Francesco Peeters
On Sun, June 18, 2006 16:46, Lee Revell said:
 On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 12:18 +0200, Francesco Peeters wrote:
 Hi all,

 Is it possible to configure ALSA through asoundrc to pre-amp (increase
 volume) the master output signal?


 Probably not - softvol can only attenuate, it cannot amplify signals.


I was afraid you say that...

 If you have the volume at 100% it should be as loud as the hardware ios
 capable of.  Maybe there is a software volume control or compressor in
 MythTV that can do this?  I know mplayer has one.


nope... MythTV uses whatever mixer it gets offered. I could (and will)
test what happens if I use Xine or Mplayer to play a DVD to see if there
is a difference in volume...

 What sound card?


OnBoard SiS 741GX/964L based CMI9761A 6-channel audio Codec

 Can you attach the output of amixer?


Sure: (note that the master is a dummy control, as the 'card' doesn't have
hardware mixers)

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback [on]
  Front Right: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'
  Item0: 'Independent'
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
  Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Capture Monitor',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Capture Valid',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'AC-Link' 'ADC' 'SPDIF-In'
  Item0: 'AC-Link'
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15
  Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 30 [97%] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 30 [97%] [on] Capture [off]

Re: [Alsa-user] Is it possible to pre-amp output signal?

2006-06-18 Thread Lee Revell
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 21:48 +0200, Francesco Peeters wrote:
 OnBoard SiS 741GX/964L based CMI9761A 6-channel audio Codec

That's the codec, I wanted to know the sound chipset.  What driver is
being used?

Lee



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Re: [Alsa-user] Is it possible to pre-amp output signal?

2006-06-18 Thread Lee Revell
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 21:48 +0200, Francesco Peeters wrote:
 On Sun, June 18, 2006 16:46, Lee Revell said:
  On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 12:18 +0200, Francesco Peeters wrote:
  Hi all,
 
  Is it possible to configure ALSA through asoundrc to pre-amp (increase
  volume) the master output signal?
 
 
  Probably not - softvol can only attenuate, it cannot amplify signals.
 
 
 I was afraid you say that...

All I can think of is try muting some unused controls, that may have an
effect.

Lee



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