[mythtv-users] Volume control when in movies or MythStream

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Sun Jun 10 00:18:40 UTC 2007


On 10/06/07, mlists <mlists at dressler.ca> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 22:09 +0100, Nick Morrott wrote:
> > On 09/06/07, mlists <mlists at dressler.ca> wrote:
> > > Hi all, I seem to have a problem controlling the volume when viewing a
> > > movie/DVD or even when using Mythstream.  I can't seem to control the
> > > volume like I can with liveTV.
> > >
> > > I have a 5.1 speaker set hooked directly up to the PC and the volume
> > > control works fine within Myth when watching live tv.
> >
> > What audio connections are you using for your TV and 5.1 digital audio
> > - S/PDIF or 3x analog connections? It's quite common to be unable to
> > control volume for audio passed via S/PDIF - it's usually up to the
> > amp itself to control the volume for digital decoded signals.
> >
>
> I'm using amplified speakers directly connected to the sound card on the
> computer -- it's a set of Logitech amplified speakers connected to the
> 7.1 sound card.  I can adjust the sound using alsamixer manually.

I take it you're using mplayer and not the Internal DVD/video player.
Does volume control work in mplayer if you run it from the command
line manually? Is mplayer controlling the correct PCM device (master,
front, etc)?

-- 
Nick

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