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phabulosa

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From: Mountain View, CA

Registered: 2007-10-17

Posts: 182

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PulseAudio Volume TOO LOW!

I followed the Arch wiki and installed PulseAudio / Alsa Plugins

Before I only used Alsa and I can see many channels (front, rear etc...)

After I began to use PulseAudio, there is only one "Master" channel left. and the volume is way too low even "master" channel shows 100/100.

So, I removed /etc/asound.conf and use alsa without PulseAudio. Then, I can use alsamixer to adjust volume for individual channels.

Afterwards, I can put back /etc/asound.conf.

This time, the volume is OK.

So, I am wondering if there is a way to use PulseAudio to control individual hardware channels directly?

thanks!

lman

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From: CZ

Registered: 2007-12-18

Posts: 255

Re: PulseAudio Volume TOO LOW!

Hi,

I had the same problem. But I have the volume applet in gnome configured to use the alsa mixer.
Alternatively you can run:
$alsamixer -c 0
if your card's number is 0, and set the volume levels there.
Of course this is just a workaround...

Last edited by lman (2008-02-23 14:04:47)

stingray

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From: Lima, Peru SA

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 188

Re: PulseAudio Volume TOO LOW!

On my HP laptop, I have to have the volume all the way up in my Windows boot to work right in Linux boot. (Now that I think about it, I haven't had that problem for awhile, maybe some update fixed it. I'll have to test it next time I'm in windows...)