| Summary: | Adjusting Balance does not work and sets Volume to zero | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kmix | Reporter: | Dorian Vasco <dorian.nagel> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Christian Esken <esken> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INTENTIONAL | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | unspecified | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
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Description
Dorian Vasco
2008-01-04 04:13:45 UTC
Balance is changing the master device only. On some cards this doesn't work well. The usual workaround is to set the master device to "PCM" (using the contect menu on the KMix Systray Icon). This works on nearly all soundcards properly. Could you please try this. Setting master to PCM works but not so good. I can adjust balance, but when I decrease volume (PCM) and increase again, the balance is set back. I have no real idea what could be the reason for the behaviour described in comment 2. For furhter please post the ouput of "amixer" (or "amixer -c 1" or any other number that corresponds to the affected soundcard). In general, Audigy support of KMix in KDE3.x is not optimal. KMix in KDE4 should be much better in that respect. By the way: Your original bug report issue is reproducable, when a master control with only one cahnnel (Mono) is seleceted. So what now? a) As long as I don't own an Audidigy card, I see no chance to fix this. b) It is a "non-issue" for KDE4, as KMix in KDE4 doesn't support a balance slider currently [1]. If you want to change the balance in KDE4 you can "split" the corresponding control instead. Balance will be re-introduced again later. [1] Rationale: A lot of issues have been seen for balance in KDE3, like: - saving/restoring balance (including rounding issues) - mono controls - multi-channel controls (multi = more than two). dorian@kaffeetrinken:~> amixer Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 40 [40%] [-24.00dB] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Tone',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [on] Front Right: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Bass',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Front Left: 27 [68%] Front Right: 27 [68%] Simple mixer control 'Treble',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Front Left: 26 [65%] Front Right: 26 [65%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 15 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 15 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 75 [75%] [-10.00dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 75 [75%] [-10.00dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'PCM Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'PCM Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'PCM LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'PCM Side',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'PCM Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Side',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Synth',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Line2',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [off] Front Right: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Aux2',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Analog Mix',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Audigy CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Center/LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Rear',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD Analog Side',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Center/LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Rear',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD SPDIF Side',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 207 [81%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'HD channel Capture',0 Capabilities: enum Items: '0' '1' '2' '3' Item0: '0' Simple mixer control 'HD source Capture',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'SPDIF' 'I2S' 'SRC48' 'SRCMulti_SPDIF' 'SRCMulti_I2S' 'CDIF' 'FX' 'AC97' Item0: 'SPDIF' OK, this is as expected. PCM has the cabilities pvolume and cvolume. This should theoretically work also under KDE3.x. But in general there are often issues with the balance slider, like "back coupling loops". I know that there are issues with that, but it is basically "impossible" to fix it in the KDE3.x version. Unfortunately this means I cannot fix it in KDE3.x - sorry about that. I'll have to think about a working concept for KDE4.x before re-introducing a balance slider. Christian |