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manuelschneid3r

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From: Germany

Registered: 2013-04-14

Posts: 152

Convenient audio setup

Meanwhile I hassle around a few hours with .asoundrc, but I do not get what I want to have. I wish to be able to switch manually between the audio outputs (notebook speaker and HDMI). And adjust the volume of the current output. Sounds trivial, but if I switch to HDMI via asoundrc, changes to Master etc have no effect. Is there a way to achieve this?

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,693

Re: Convenient audio setup

It is not exactly KISS, but have you considered Jack?

I played with it some when I was trying to get DVD video/audio to go to a home theater while keeping application sounds on the analog speakers attached to my computer.  It worked, but was a bit bloated for my taste.

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Earnestly

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Registered: 2011-08-18

Posts: 805

Re: Convenient audio setup

PulseAudio is ideal for exactly your use case.