Bug#699695: gnome-mplayer: should read and use any mplayer configuration file

Sebastian Ramacher sramacher at debian.org
Sat Feb 9 19:59:26 UTC 2013


On 2013-02-09 19:31:28, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 18:34:53 +0100 Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > On 2013-02-09 12:11:45, Francesco Poli wrote:
> [...]
> > >  A) it can only be enabled if "MPlayer Software Volume Control Enabled"
> > > is checked (and I have no idea what this other option means... could
> > > you please clarify? the man page does explain much)
> > 
> > This option corresponds to mplayer's --softvol flag:
> > 
> >     --softvol
> >               Force the use of the software mixer, instead of using the
> >               sound card mixer
> 
> Thanks for the explanation: it's a little bit clearer now, even though
> I am not sure I fully understand its implications.
> For instance: I use the jack AO, hence I think that everything gets
> mixed by jackd before being sent to the sound card, and I don't know
> how mplayer or gnome-mplayer can interfere with this...

With the software mixer enabled, mplayer applies the selected volume
itself instead of relying on the sound card. This is implicitly enabled
for all audio outputs except for those that have (alsa) appended to
their name or PulseAudio. Using these without the software mixer causes
the system volume to be changed (if I instead upstream's answer
correctly).

Regards
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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