Re: New way to change volume

[Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec suse cz>]

Xavier Bestel píše v Po 10. 10. 2005 v 08:11 +0200: 
> Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 01:07 -0400, Eric Larson a écrit :
> 
> > Another potential use case which might make sense is if a person wants
> > to turn down the system sounds or start up sounds while still having
> > banshee playing music. 
> 
> BTW, this already existed long ago with ESD. There was a GTK1 app which
> could control applications sound volume individually. Can't remember its
> name though.

Yes, I remember it. It was a nice feature to be able to set volume for
particular sounds.

I have two sound cards and my experiences say, that optimal solution
should have even more:

- It should be able to set not only volume, but also soundcard. For
example, I want to play DVD using speakers connected to soundcard #1,
but play GNOME event sounds using small speakers at the table (soundcard
#0).

- Customize hardware mixer. Something like: CD player /dev/hdc is
connected to Soundcard #1 CD and by default wants to mute all other
channels, TV tuner is connected to Soundcard #0 CD and by default wants
to mute, GNOME sounds are going to PCM of Soundcard #1 and by default
don't want to mute other channels, VoIP headset mic is connected to
Soundcard #0 Mic and wants to set recording source etc.).

- And finally, thin clients with soundcard need mixer (sound, CD
playing) controllable over network. It can be realized in more levels
(ALSA-over-IP, GStreamer network output, ESD). Currently only ESD can do
it.

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Best Regards / S pozdravem,

Stanislav Brabec
software developer
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