Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:56:17 +0700, kyanh xky...@gmail.com wrote: Second, the sound files you are using might simply be a bit low on the volume side. You may want to load them into something like audacity to increase their loudness. The problem is that I use Pidgin's default sound files. I cannot locate those files (pkg_info -L pidgin). IIRC, pidgin uses the sound files from libpurple: $ pkg_info -L libpurple-2\* | fgrep /sounds/ /usr/local/share/sounds/purple/alert.wav /usr/local/share/sounds/purple/login.wav /usr/local/share/sounds/purple/logout.wav /usr/local/share/sounds/purple/receive.wav /usr/local/share/sounds/purple/send.wav $ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:34:51 +0700, kyanh xky...@gmail.com wrote: I just use the default setting from Pidgin. I don't know what is the kind of sound though I guess that's *.wav. For WAV files, the play command from the port audio/sox is fine. I think it's a bit heavy to employ mplayer for this simple job. When I press Browse in Pidgin Configuration Page for Sound I don't get the right place of default sound file. Pidgin may use files from GTK collection. If you want to find this out, just check the configuration files of Pidgin and grep for wav or mp3, you'll find where the files come from. When I use Arch Linux I can use play %s but play isnot installed as default on FreeBSD. Of course not, it doesn't belong to the operating system. :-) You can simply pkg_add -r sox to get this program. I install `mpg123` but I still get small sound. The sound volume doesn't depend on the player. If the files are weak, it may be useful to increase their audio level. I see. I often use vol == 90 and pcm == 75. And you're sure that the audio isn't loud enough everywhere? Maybe the output level of your sound card - or nowadays a built-in sound card emulation through the CPU :-) - hasn't enough power for your speakers. (I don't have such trouble, I use a system with a separate amplifier.) Do other applications (music and movie player, games etc.) play louder sounds? The music and others sounds are normal. So it really seems to be that a) Pidgin uses strange mixer settings on its own b) the files that Pidgin plays are too weak in terms of audio level. Thank you. I've learned from your message that I should use louder for sound instead of bigger. Still find smaller sound :D This is because the price of the mainboard is less expensive while the CPU temperature is hot. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:51:35 +0700, kyanh xky...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring Pidgin, I use mplayer %s to make Pidgin play stuff. First, maybe mplayer is a bit heavy stuff for notification sounds. What are these files? If they are *.wav, use play %s command, and if they are *.mp3, use madplay %s or mpg123 %s, as well as ogg123 %s for *.ogg files. Check out the manpages for these programs if you think you need further options. But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's volume is small (while the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway to have a bigger sound in Pidgin? Check the other volumes as well. PCM should be 100:100, too. If vol == 100:100 and pcm == 10:10, it will be very silent. :-) Do other applications (music and movie player, games etc.) play louder sounds? PS: sorry for my terrible English :) I'm not sure mine is better, don't mind. The guys on that list have a lot of translational phantasy. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 08:51:35PM +0700, kyanh wrote: Hello all, I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring Pidgin, I use mplayer %s to make Pidgin play stuff. But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's volume is small (while the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway to have a bigger sound in Pidgin? Thank you! I use the same method you do. Just a tip: since you use mplayer, as opposed to the default gstreamer, you can clear a *lot* of cruft from your system by reconfiguring the pidgin port and turning off the gstreamer option, re-installing pidgin, then uninstalling the gstreamer stuff. I find that the ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves port is execllent for such cleaning. Onto your question. I have two thoughts. First, make sure that /usr/sbin/mixer shows vol and pcm both at a a reasonable level. I find that 60:60 is usually sufficient for me, whether I used headphones or speakers. Second, the sound files you are using might simply be a bit low on the volume side. You may want to load them into something like audacity to increase their loudness. -- Geoff PS: sorry for my terrible English :) No apologies needed. Your written English is excellent! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, kyanh wrote: Hello all, I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring Pidgin, I use mplayer %s to make Pidgin play stuff. But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's volume is small (while the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway to have a bigger sound in Pidgin? Thank you! I would recommend installing the audio/normalize port, and using that to increase the volume of the sound files. If you don't want to alter the audio files, try using this as your sound command: mplayer -af volume=20 %s ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:06:39 -0500 (CDT) Wes Morgan morg...@chemikals.org wrote: On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, kyanh wrote: Hello all, I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring Pidgin, I use mplayer %s to make Pidgin play stuff. But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's volume is small (while the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway to have a bigger sound in Pidgin? Thank you! I would recommend installing the audio/normalize port, and using that to increase the volume of the sound files. If you don't want to alter the audio files, try using this as your sound command: mplayer -af volume=20 %s Thank you. I didn't read carefully mplayer's man page. When I use `mplayer -af volume=n` within `n 10`, I get so much noises. The acceptable value is 9 or 10. The sound files are taken from default installation of Pidgin, and I shouldnot ormalize them :) -- unless I want some lourder notifications. Regards, -- Ky Anh, Huynh Homepage: http://viettug.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:35:04 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:51:35 +0700, kyanh xky...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring Pidgin, I use mplayer %s to make Pidgin play stuff. First, maybe mplayer is a bit heavy stuff for notification sounds. What are these files? If they are *.wav, use play %s command, and if they are *.mp3, use madplay %s or mpg123 %s, as well as ogg123 %s for *.ogg files. Check out the manpages for these programs if you think you need further options. I just use the default setting from Pidgin. I don't know what is the kind of sound though I guess that's *.wav. When I press Browse in Pidgin Configuration Page for Sound I don't get the right place of default sound file. Pidgin may use files from GTK collection. When I use Arch Linux I can use play %s but play isnot installed as default on FreeBSD. I install `mpg123` but I still get small sound. But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's volume is small (while the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway to have a bigger sound in Pidgin? Check the other volumes as well. PCM should be 100:100, too. If vol == 100:100 and pcm == 10:10, it will be very silent. :-) I see. I often use vol == 90 and pcm == 75. Do other applications (music and movie player, games etc.) play louder sounds? The music and others sounds are normal. PS: sorry for my terrible English :) I'm not sure mine is better, don't mind. The guys on that list have a lot of translational phantasy. :-) Thank you. I've learned from your message that I should use louder for sound instead of bigger. Still find smaller sound :D -- Ky Anh, Huynh Homepage: http://viettug.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sound configuration for pidgin
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:07:04 -0600 Geoff Fritz gfr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 08:51:35PM +0700, kyanh wrote: Hello all, I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring Pidgin, I use mplayer %s to make Pidgin play stuff. But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's volume is small (while the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway to have a bigger sound in Pidgin? Thank you! I use the same method you do. Just a tip: since you use mplayer, as opposed to the default gstreamer, you can clear a *lot* of cruft from your system by reconfiguring the pidgin port and turning off the gstreamer option, re-installing pidgin, then uninstalling the gstreamer stuff. I find that the ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves port is execllent for such cleaning. I wil try. Knowing `pkg_cutleaves` is a bonus :P Onto your question. I have two thoughts. First, make sure that /usr/sbin/mixer shows vol and pcm both at a a reasonable level. I find that 60:60 is usually sufficient for me, whether I used headphones or speakers. I did this before configuring Pidgin. Second, the sound files you are using might simply be a bit low on the volume side. You may want to load them into something like audacity to increase their loudness. The problem is that I use Pidgin's default sound files. I cannot locate those files (pkg_info -L pidgin). PS: sorry for my terrible English :) No apologies needed. Your written English is excellent! Thank you for your helps and your kind words :) -- Ky Anh, Huynh Homepage: http://viettug.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
