Re: Boost sound volume?

2011-08-15 Thread Arno Schuring
Robert Blair Mason Jr. (r...@verizon.net on 2011-08-10 10:07 -0400): On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:01:46 -0400 Is it possible for me to just kill the PulseAudio server when I'm starting certain applications, or force them to use ALSA? Better late than never: take a look at pasuspender Regards, Arno

Re: Boost sound volume?

2011-08-10 Thread Kevin Ross
On 08/09/2011 09:43 AM, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: Hi list, Is there a way to boost the system sound volume? Playing DVDs in VLC with the alsa, pulseaudio, and vlc volumes all maxed out is still about 30-40% of max volume in 'doze. I don't like pulseaudio, but for some reason skype doesn't

Re: Boost sound volume?

2011-08-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:51:28AM -0700, Kevin Ross wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:43 AM, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: Hi list, Is there a way to boost the system sound volume? Playing DVDs in VLC with the alsa, pulseaudio, and vlc volumes all maxed out is still about 30-40% of max volume in

Re: Boost sound volume?

2011-08-10 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:01:46 -0400 Carl Fink c...@finknetwork.com wrote: No, it's a well-known problem with PulseAudio. It gives max volumes much, much lower than Windows for no special reason I know of. Is it possible for me to just kill the PulseAudio server when I'm starting certain

Re: Boost sound volume?

2011-08-10 Thread Tomas Kral
On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 16:07 +0200, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:01:46 -0400 Carl Fink c...@finknetwork.com wrote: No, it's a well-known problem with PulseAudio. It gives max volumes much, much lower than Windows for no special reason I know of. Is it possible for

Re: Boost sound volume?

2011-08-10 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:06:19 +0200 Tomas Kral thomas.k...@email.cz wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 16:07 +0200, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:01:46 -0400 Carl Fink c...@finknetwork.com wrote: No, it's a well-known problem with PulseAudio. It gives max volumes much,

Boost sound volume?

2011-08-09 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
Hi list, Is there a way to boost the system sound volume? Playing DVDs in VLC with the alsa, pulseaudio, and vlc volumes all maxed out is still about 30-40% of max volume in 'doze. I don't like pulseaudio, but for some reason skype doesn't work without it, and my family won't allow me to not