Hi Andreas, I do have the all the 6 channel for the volume control. In addition, I also have the PCM control, which controls all 6 channels (like a general volume), so the sound card itself works fine in 6ch mode (I tested it with a DVD).
However, the alsamixer plug-in does not control either of the 6
channels, nor the PCM volume.
I'm interested in trying alsamixer2, but I can't find this plug-in when
listing them in freevo.
How can I get it?
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On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 23:46 +0100, Andreas Dick wrote:
> hei Benedikt
> I had similar soundcard problems:
> 1) alsamixer showed me no Master and no Surround/Center/LFE controls as I
> expected (I had just a PCM and a Front control) for my card... -> the
> solution was then that for my 5.1 soundcard (NVidia hda) I have to use the
> following module option in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa :
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-6ch-dig
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> with this '6ch' option I find all expected channels in alsamixer, including a
> correct Master control.
> 2) I failed with the freevo alsamixer plugin too, but I works now great with
> the alsamixer2 plugin:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> plugin.remove('mixer')
> plugin.activate('alsamixer2')
> ALSAMIXER2_MAIN_CTRL = 'Master'
> ALSAMIXER2_MUTE_CTRL = 'Master'
> ALSAMIXER2_CTRLS = [
> # (ctrl, card, default vol, min vol, max vol)
> ('Master', 'hw:NVidia', 90, 0, 100),
> ]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> maybe you find a similar solution?
> Andreas
>
>
> Am Samstag, 8. März 2008 22:58 schrieb Benedikt Bär:
> > Hi Duncan,
> >
> > The Freevo box is directly connected to a 5.1 speaker system. When I
> > open alsamixer on the terminal, I can control the global volume of the
> > whole system with the "PCM" channel.
> >
> > However, when I'm on the main menu of Freevo, I can control the volume
> > using the remote Vol+ and Vol- buttons. When I press one of these, the
> > Freevo OSD will show that it's changing the volume, but no alsa line
> > gets modified.
> >
> > I'm thinking that maybe the volume control is not using ALSA at all. Do
> > I have to install some command line tool for this to work?
> >
> > Here's the output of the -i command:
> >
> > Name: alsamixer
> > Type: DaemonPlugin
> > File: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/plugins/alsamixer.py
> >
> > Description:
> > ------------
> > Mixer for ALSA, requires pyalsaaudio module from
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyalsaaudio/
> >
> >
> > Plugin configuration variables:
> > -------------------------------
> > ALSA_CARDID: Alsa Card id
> > Default: hw:0
> >
> > ALSA_LINE_CARDID: Alsa Line Card id
> > Default: hw:0
> >
> > ALSA_MIXER_NAME: Alsa Mixer Name
> > Default: Master
> >
> > ALSA_PCMMIXER_NAME: Alsa PCM Mixer Name
> > Default: PCM
> >
> > ALSA_LINEMIXER_NAME: Alsa Line Mixer Name
> > Default: Line
> >
> > ALSA_MICMIXER_NAME: Alsa Mic Mixer Name
> > Default: Mic
> >
> >
> > The plugin is loaded with the following settings:
> > type=default, level=10, args=None
> >
> >
> > -
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> > On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 22:43 +0100, Duncan Webb wrote:
> > > Benedikt Bär wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm currently setting up my Freevo media center, version 1.7.3. I have
> > > > everything working, except one thing:
> > > >
> > > > I have a lirc remote control, when I press Vol+ or Vol-, Freevo
> > > > correctly displays the volume change. Same with the mute button.
> > > > However, the actual system volume is never actually changed.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using alsa, and have activated the alsamixer plug-in. I have also
> > > > set "PCM" (which is the correct channel, according to alsamixer)
> > > > in /etc/freevo/local_conf_py (MAJOR_AUDIO_CTRL).
> > > >
> > > > This happens in the menu, as well as with mplayer, etc...
> > >
> > > I've not used this plug-in yet but have you checked that you have set up
> > > the ALSA_MIXER variables in you local_conf.py. Use:
> > >
> > > freevo plugins -i alsamixer
> > >
> > > I assume that freevo has speakers connected to the Freevo box and that
> > > you have *not* connected Freevo to a AV receiver.
> > >
> > > Duncan
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