Re: [SLE] No sound from cdplayer

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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 09:59:33 -0400

On Saturday 08 October 2005 22:37, John R. Sowden wrote:
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> Thanks for the response. Alsm mixer shower an MM on a couple of inputs,
> but none were cd or aux. CD is 100<>97, aux is 100<>100.
> After I escaped from Alsamixer, I went back in to confirm that all is
> changed, all was as changed.
>
> No Patsy

Hi John,

What it needs is a dose of Roy Drusky's "Red, Red Wine" (definitely not the
reggae version!)

You have to figure out which mixer... out of all the usual ones installed by
default... is actually 'hooked' into your particular hardware. I can open
alsamixer and fiddle with volume, muting, input and output controls all day
long and it won't change anything but the volume.

In my case, QAmix is the one that actually works... and I mean *works*: all
the control labels match functions that are actually built into the sound
chip and they are reliably, predictably functional.

While you're experimenting, try to avoid saving any changes until you've had a
chance to try them all. One other point: I ran the wrong mixer (worked, but
only on volume and balance, IIRC) for a long time because I didn't try every
single mixer installed. I'd started at the top and worked my way down the
menu until I found one that let me turn the volume down from 100%.... and
stopped there.

It never occurred to me to check other mixers until I had a requirement to
separately control recording and playback volumes and inputs/outputs. *Then*
I discovered QAmix supported my built-in sound hardware and I haven't had a
single problem with sound since.

Good luck & happy hunting!

- Carl

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