MPD Volume control with PulseAudio

HyperBaton · 2008-04-19 20:22:42

I'm using PulseAudio as sound server now and compiled MPD with pulse output support. Sound output works perfectly, but the MPD volume control does not work (changing the volume with the slider in Sonata or GMPC does not do anything).

Is there anyone that has an idea on how to go about making this work?

venox · 2008-04-19 20:31:16

You can use a software mixer in mpd. Append this to your mpd.conf:

mixer_type          "software"

HyperBaton · 2008-04-19 20:41:20

Awesome, that did it, thank you very much. I remember having to do complicated things for an ALSA softvol control, did not think it would be that simple.

Last edited by HyperBaton (2008-04-19 20:41:50)

venox · 2008-04-19 20:54:03

You can use just the same trick for alsa.

HyperBaton · 2008-04-19 21:18:00

If only I knew before

WiLLiE · 2008-04-22 17:04:31

How did you configure PA in mpd.conf?
My Mpd compiled with PA support from svn just freezes here with 100% CPU when I try to play something.

stonecrest · 2008-04-22 18:17:58

You might want to test the last released version of mpd since svn has had a huge number of changes to it. If nothing else, it will illustrate whether the issue is pebcak or with mpd.

WiLLiE · 2008-04-22 18:40:00

Oh. Yeah, that worked. Thanks.

HyperBaton · 2008-04-22 20:31:35

I downloaded the source package, compiled the mpd executable and just replaced the original mpd executable in /usr/bin/mpd. That worked as well. Not the cleanest way though I suppose.

WiLLiE · 2008-04-22 22:34:03

The "cleaner way": install abs, copy the directory /var/abs/extra/mpd to ~/builds/, cd ~/builds/mpd, make the package (makepkg), remove the old one (sudo pacman -Rd mpd), and then install the newly created package.

stonecrest · 2008-04-23 01:21:20

If that worked, you should really contact the mpd devs to let them know about this, otherwise it'll end up in the next release.

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MPD Volume control with PulseAudio

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