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kamagurka

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Mplayer needs its own volume control SOLVED

Per default, controlling the mplayer volume means controlling the pcm volume. This means that every time I watch a video I basically mess with my system-wide volume.
Is there a way of giving mplayer its own, disconnected volume control?

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lilsirecho

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Re: Mplayer needs its own volume control SOLVED

Does it not work correctly with 9 and 0 keys?

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onearm

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Re: Mplayer needs its own volume control SOLVED

Have you tried enabling the Software Mixer in the preferences?

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kamagurka

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Re: Mplayer needs its own volume control SOLVED

Have you tried enabling the Software Mixer in the preferences?

Honestly, no, because I don't know how. The only reference to the mixer I can find in the config file is this
[/code]# Specify the mixer device.
mixer = /dev/mixer[/code]
And I have no idea what to change there to enable the software mixer.

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babyigor37

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Re: Mplayer needs its own volume control SOLVED

In your ~/.mplayer/config file (create one if you don't already have one), add the line softvol=1

onearm

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Re: Mplayer needs its own volume control SOLVED

Or, using the gui, right click on the main window-->Preferences-->Audio-->check the option Enable Software Mixer

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kamagurka

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Re: Mplayer needs its own volume control SOLVED

In your ~/.mplayer/config file (create one if you don't already have one), add the line softvol=1

Yesss, thank you!

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