Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-15 Thread tom burkart
On Sep 12, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > >>Zero as a minimum value is not very meaningfull in audio terms. With a > > >>mixer, the zero dB point is probably more use. The minimum value of a > > >>slider should be the equivalent of mute, so I think that instead of a > > >>minimum value, it should display

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-13 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > I have plans to extend the mixer interface to pass (and handle) the dB > > resolution. But it will be done completely in the user space. The alsa-lib > > will analyze information from the driver (hardware components) and then it > > will use a predefine

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:44:38 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:46:39 +0100, > > James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > >> > >>Zero as a minimum value is not very meaningfull in audio terms. With a > >>mixer, the zero dB point is probably more use. The

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Takashi Iwai wrote: At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:46:39 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Zero as a minimum value is not very meaningfull in audio terms. With a mixer, the zero dB point is probably more use. The minimum value of a slider should be the equivalent of mute, so I think that instead of a

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:46:39 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > > > >>There is a MAJOR problem with the current alsa mixer. > >>How do I set a mixer volume to the 0 db point. I.E. no attenuation, and > >>no g

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Jaroslav Kysela wrote: On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: There is a MAJOR problem with the current alsa mixer. How do I set a mixer volume to the 0 db point. I.E. no attenuation, and no gain. Currently, we might have a value from 0 to 100%. Percent of what? Percent of the volume

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:31:32 +0200 (CEST), > Jaroslav wrote: > > > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > > I have plans to extend the mixer interface to pass (and handle) the dB > > > > resolution. But it will be done completely in the user

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:31:32 +0200 (CEST), Jaroslav wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > I have plans to extend the mixer interface to pass (and handle) the dB > > > resolution. But it will be done completely in the user space. The alsa-lib > > > will analyze information fr

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:23:13 +0200 (CEST), Jaroslav wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > There is a MAJOR problem with the current alsa mixer. > > How do I set a mixer volume to the 0 db point. I.E. no attenuation, and > > no gain. > > Currently, we might have a valu

Re: [Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-12 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > There is a MAJOR problem with the current alsa mixer. > How do I set a mixer volume to the 0 db point. I.E. no attenuation, and > no gain. > Currently, we might have a value from 0 to 100%. Percent of what? Percent of the volume range. > What t

[Alsa-devel] Major problem with the current alsa mixer.

2003-09-11 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
There is a MAJOR problem with the current alsa mixer. How do I set a mixer volume to the 0 db point. I.E. no attenuation, and no gain. Currently, we might have a value from 0 to 100%. Percent of what? What this value means varies depending on the sound card hardware being used. I think that this