[PlanetCCRMA] alsa settings

[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 17:58, des1gner@optusnet.com.au wrote:
> Its interesting to see that when xmms and alsamixer are both open at 
> the same time, that xmms is actually adjusting my alsa settings.  Try 
> moving the volume slider and you will see the pcm 'fader' in 
> alsamixer moving also.  I had always assumed alsa's settings were 
> global and unaffected by individual applications.  I will try running 
> pd and see if the volume in xmms affects pd's volume....indeed it 
> does.  I can control my pd volume by moving the volume slider in 
> xmms.  good lord.
> 
> somehow this seems undesirable, but I wouldn't have a clue where to 
> ask beyond this list about how to resolve it.

Right or wrong, I think this happens by design. For instance, if I am
using my on-board sound chip (which is controller by alsamixer, and I
adjust levels in xine, I see the same thing. xine controls alsamixer.

The problem with this design is that when you exit xine alsamixer does
not return the levels to what I had before, so if I had xine turned up
load, when I start some other app I will get that app turned up loud. 

Anyway, you're not seeing something that we don't see also.

Cheers,
Mark