Ben Giddings wrote:
Related to this, there's the difference between volume for recorded content
and "MythVideo" files.
If I set the playback volume for recorded content to 90% (so I have room to
both raise and lower it). When I start a video, it seems to start with
the same sound level, but mplayer is started with its volume at 100%, so I
can only lower it from there. I think what's happening is that the volume
I set in TV playback in Myth is setting some mixer level, and that mixer
level is preserved when I start mplayer, but mplayer's internal volume
control doesn't use the same mixer.
It would be great if there were an easy way to have them both share a
mixer, or if that isn't possible, to get the same result another way (i.e.
start mplayer at 90% volume, but restore the mixer that Myth recordings
playback affects to 100% before starting).
Any ideas?
I set my Master to 90%, use /dev/mixer with mixer controls PCM, so when
I use the volume button, I change the PCM volume. I chose this approach
because xine and MPlayer both default to using mixer controls PCM (so
I'm changing the same volume regardless of application).
By default, xine and MPlayer both "pick up" the volume at which the
mixer was left by the previously-used program (and will actually notice
if another program changes the mixer while MPlayer or xine is running;
Myth, on the other hand, does not notice changes). It's possible to set
xine and MPlayer to "remember" a volume and always start with that volume.
Check the prefs for MPlayer to see if you have it set to always start at
100% and make sure that you're using the same mixer in Myth and
MPlayer. If you want MPlayer to start at a lower volume than Myth, just
tell it what volume to use. Sounds like you have Myth set to use Master
and MPlayer is using PCM, so volume confusion ensues...
Mike
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