Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:03:30 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jaroslav Kysela <> | Subject | Re: [Bug 623] New: Volume not remembered. |
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > We have emulation layer for non-ALSA mixers. This layer turns mute off > > automagically when volume is greater than zero. > > Thanks for clarifying this ! So, would you agree with the following > addition to Documentation/Changes ? > > ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is now the preferred > architecture for sound support, instead of the older OSS (Open > Sound System). Note that, in ALSA, all volume settings default > to zero, and all channels default to being "muted". > > User space therefore needs to explicitly increase the volume, > and "unmute" the respective audio channels before any sound > can be heard. > > Mixers not explicitly supporting the "mute" functionality will ^^^^^^
I would change this to 'OSS mixers' because all ALSA mixers handle the mute feature.
> usually "unmute" sources when setting the volume to a value > above zero. > > More information about ALSA, including configuration and OSS > compatibility, can be found in Documentation/sound/alsa/
It sounds good.
Jaroslav
----- Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer ALSA Project, SuSE Labs
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