how to controll the volume from apps like xmms, gmplayer ++

[Guest]

i just have a short question
how to controll the volume from apps like xmms, gmplayer and so on when using the oss driver?
thanks

[dev]

i just have a short question
how to controll the volume from apps like xmms, gmplayer and so on when using the oss driver?
thanks

XMMS controls the volumes just fine. mplayer should also be able to control volumes. What device are you talking about?. Some PRO devices will not support standard volume control and you need to use ossxmix to control them.


regards
Dev

[Guest]

well it's a PRO device (m-audio) so i guess that's why.. does that mean that there's no way to controll the volume from these apps?

(i've tried to enter "/usr/local/lib/oss/bin/ossxmix" as mixer under xmms, but the volume-slider still doesnt control the volume at all, it does absolutly nothing when i slide it - the volume contunie to play at the same volume as before, no mather if the xmms-volume-slider is set to min or max or whatever)

the same problem applies to the balance-slider btw

- Andreas

[Guest]

ok, i now see that ossxmix is a gui program so i guess setting it as mixer under xmms wont do anything... but nevermind that, back to my first question, what i really want to know is if there is a way to control the output volume with the xmms-slider (and mplayer if possible) when using a PRO device?

[dev]

ok, i now see that ossxmix is a gui program so i guess setting it as mixer under xmms wont do anything... but nevermind that, back to my first question, what i really want to know is if there is a way to control the output volume with the xmms-slider (and mplayer if possible) when using a PRO device?

No there is no way to control volumes from regular apps because the Maudio 7.1 uses a "pro" audio chip which doesn't provide AC97 volume mixers. Until app developers start supporting the OSS mixer extensions the only way to do volume control is via ossxmix.


best regards
Dev Mazumdar