<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> On 9/5/2011 4:20 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20110905212010.GA19188@cox.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">The speaker unit has controls onboard - they work under windows whether it's vlc or Windows media player playing the tunes on the computer. The controls that work under Windows do not work under linux - music only streams - no volume control, no pause, etc. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I'm running vlc 1.1.3-1 under debian squeeze and these functions are present and work. What linux distro are you having this problem with? </pre> </blockquote> It's not a problem with Ubuntu. To use the speaker unit you choose the hardware output in volume control. In my case it is the Saitek A250 portable USB speaker unit, when the USB controller is plugged into the computer. Under Windows the controls on the speaker then allow full functioning, play, pause, ff, rew, etc. via the buttons on the speaker unit. These controls are not implemented under Linux. But I'm thinking there must be a way. Ric suggested finding out how the buttons are mapped under Windows as a possibility. <blockquote cite="mid:20110905212010.GA19188@cox.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> </body> </html>