Pulse Audio Sound Levels

[Ric Moore]

On 03/14/2013 10:25 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 15/03/13 00:14, Lanoxx wrote:
>>
>> On 14/03/13 01:24, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> On 03/13/2013 07:35 PM, Lanoxx wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 13/03/13 21:23, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What does alsamixer show you?? Maybe the aux input is muted there?
>>>>> Happens. Ric
>>>>>
>>>> Here is what I do:
>>>> alsamixer -> F6 -> "USB Multimedia Audio Device" -> F4 (Capture): I can
>>>> see three categories: "Line", "Mic" and "S/PDIF in" the first two (line
>>>> and mic are set to 94), the "S/PDIF" section does not have a volume bar
>>>> to change. Additinally the all sections show "L Capture R" in red
>>>> letters.
>>>>
>>>> When I open pulse audio in the recording tab for the Usb sound card I
>>>> can also choose between Line and Microphone and when I choose Line and
>>>> connect the radio, then I can see the sound bar juming around 80%-90%,
>>>> when I unplug the cable, then the bar drops to 0. But still no sound.
>>>> Any further ideas?
>>> Yes, while you see the pulsing record level, you know you have input.
>>> So, while the radio is plugged in, chose "playback" and the playback
>>> device should have a drop-down selection. It's not always readily
>>> apparent. But, click on the device in use and you should see a
>>> selection. Pick the output you want. See if that works.
>> Here are two screen shots from my current configuration. I'm not sure
>> what else I could activate in alsamixer [1]. The second section allows
>> me to choose between "Line", "Mic" and "S/PDIF" and changing it has no
>> effect to the ouput. The other sections are all on maximum. In
>> Puluseaudio [2] in the Port dropdown i can only choose "Speakers" and
>> the sound is already at 100% and not muted.
>>
>> [1] http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/screenshotfrom201303141.png/
>> [2] http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/screenshotfrom201303141.png/
>
> To begin with, Line and Mic are not activated.
>
> The only active channels are Speaker and some mysterious and blank,
> black space on the right-hand side.


Doesn't he also need to turn OFF the HDMI output since that is not in 
use?? Do that in configuration in pavucontrol, use the HDMI drop down 
box set to none or off ... Ric



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