[SOLVED]MPD, ncmpcpp, and general sound settings interact weirdly

Wesman26 · 2010-03-25 23:19:54

I've installed MPD-Pulse from the AUR, and am currently using ncmpcpp. I love ncmpcpp, but I'm not a huge fan of how my settings in the alsamixer get changed when I change the volume in ncmpcpp. It really doesn't matter, because I'll never see it, and it's barely noticeable, but when I set my ncmpcpp volume to 30 with my Master alsa volume at 35 (a comfortable volume), PCM goes from 100 to 98. Like I said, it's not a huge deal, but because I know it's happening I must know three things: 1) why? 2) How? 3) Can I stop it?

Thanks in advance,
--Wes

Last edited by Wesman26 (2010-03-26 01:32:10)

milomouse · 2010-03-25 23:55:41

What does your mpd.conf have for audio output/mixers? Maybe you want: mixer_type "software" instead of alsa output in the mpd.conf? Unless I misunderstood. That will have mpd use soft volume instead of hardware. If not, what does your ncmpcpp outputs screen show? (if you have that enabled)

Wesman26 · 2010-03-26 00:04:58

milomouse wrote:

What does your mpd.conf have for audio output/mixers? Maybe you want: mixer_type "software" instead of alsa output in the mpd.conf? Unless I misunderstood. That will have mpd use soft volume instead of hardware. If not, what does your ncmpcpp outputs screen show? (if you have that enabled)

Haha! Wow, I really need to learn to read my configuration files. I honestly had no idea such an option existed, I'll try it out and post the results shortly.

milomouse · 2010-03-26 00:09:24

Yeah, just test it out. Comment out your alsa/pulse output and add the mixer_type by itself, not inside of braces {}, like

#audio_output {
#type "alsa" (or whatever)
#mixer_type "alsa" (or whatever)
# etc..
#}

mixer_type "software"

Then restart mpd and see if it works.

Wesman26 · 2010-03-26 00:11:00

Yeah this works perfectly. Sorry for being a little inept. Thank you very much.

milomouse · 2010-03-26 00:13:04

Hey no problem, just glad it worked out. The only reason I knew anything about it was cause I switched sound systems so many times and had to experiment with mpd's configuration a lot. You can probably mark this title as [solved] if everythings ok. Have fun!

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#1 2010-03-25 23:19:54

[SOLVED]MPD, ncmpcpp, and general sound settings interact weirdly

#2 2010-03-25 23:55:41

Re: [SOLVED]MPD, ncmpcpp, and general sound settings interact weirdly

#3 2010-03-26 00:04:58

Re: [SOLVED]MPD, ncmpcpp, and general sound settings interact weirdly

#4 2010-03-26 00:09:24

Re: [SOLVED]MPD, ncmpcpp, and general sound settings interact weirdly

#5 2010-03-26 00:11:00

Re: [SOLVED]MPD, ncmpcpp, and general sound settings interact weirdly

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Re: [SOLVED]MPD, ncmpcpp, and general sound settings interact weirdly

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