dMix

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: dMix
started by: struppi

Posted by struppi on Jan. 10 2006,19:49

hi,

i like dmix very much, but is it possible to add a switch that locks the left and right fader? sometimes it is quite annoying to move both faders to quickly adjust the volume...

Posted by eMeRy on Jan. 16 2006,19:16

I guess you have jwm. (in fluxbox it's solved by the new slit)
I support your issue, even developers should place on jwm panel a link to dmix.

Posted by John on Jan. 20 2006,09:25

I´ll get that hacked in the next release.

Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 20 2006,14:36

Thank you. I agree with struppi that it would make volume control much easier.
While it might be "solved" in fluxbox, some of us don't like having apps hanging around in the slit if they will be used only occasionally. =o)

EDIT: after a little research, i decided it no longer matters to me =o)
While umix is a bit annoying when compared to some commandline mixers (it doesn't seem to allow a +/- command), it's still very easy to control through hotkeys. As an example, I set up some hotkeys in fluxbox to control the main volume with
"Mod3 1 :ExecCommand umix vol 10"
"Mod3 2 :ExecCommand umix vol 20"
blah blah blah
"Mod3 0 :ExecCommand umix 100"

I was accustomed to a mixer that would allow me to adjust volume using only 2 key combos, but this works just as well.

EDIT2: umix does produce errors with every use, though, which is a little irritating when you regularly watch syslog.

Posted by Lgo on Feb. 05 2006,18:15

Actually, you can use Umix to raise the volume incrementally. Use umix channame amount+. For example, `umix pcm 10+'. This will increase the volume of pcm channel by 10.

I know, because I wrote Umix .. great that somebody still finds use for it

Posted by andrewb on Mar. 22 2006,02:43

Does anyone else find that they can't control all the audio settings with DMIX? I have found that for the Toshiba libretto the audio channels are in the .umixrc file are:

MS Sound System (CS4231)::/dev/mixer::OSS
synth 32: 32 Stereo
pcm 50: 50 Stereo
speaker 21: 21 Mono
line 21: 21 Stereo Recordable
mic 16: 16 Stereo Record Source
cd 32: 32 Stereo Recordable
mix 0: 0 Mono Recordable
igain 75: 75 Stereo
Yamaha OPL3-SA3::/dev/mixer1::OSS
vol 50: 50 Stereo
bass 0: 0 Stereo
treble 0: 0 Stereo
mic 50: 50 Mono
dig1 0: 0 Stereo

Umix defaults to using /dev/mixer, unless given the -d /dev/mixer1 option. This means that the code as it stands in DMIX can't control the volume, bass, treble, mic, or digital channels of the sound system.

I have posted on this before, but wondered if anyone more familiar with the umix/dmix code could more easily hack the code to allow for multiple mixers being used by a system.