speaker volume very low
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speaker volume very low
I did have my pup machine hooked up to some fancier speakers (through a kvm that also had my Ubuntu box hooked up to it) and everything worked fine. Nice and loud. I had to move the pup to another room which requires me using some simple speakers but I've used them before and I know they can be loud but now I can just barely hear music played. I turned the volume all the way up with the speaker icon in the tool bar. Is there something else I can do?
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mystmaiden
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mystmaiden
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I have had a similar problem a number of times, and after searching for ages for the hard solutions, I've right clicked that volume icon in the taskbar, and turned up the other volume settings. Check that before you get too carried away.
If its been working before without making any software changes, is there a hardware change? Plugged into the correct port on the sound card/outlet? Dicky cable? Speaker works?
If its been working before without making any software changes, is there a hardware change? Plugged into the correct port on the sound card/outlet? Dicky cable? Speaker works?
Not sure on Quirky. Under Multimedia there should be a Mixer listed. Maybe Zmixer or sGmixer.nooby wrote:How do I get to the PCM volume? Using CLI terminal console?
I am in Quirky 1.00 now. What do I write in cli?
In the terminal you could try entering
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alsamixer
Looks like Quirky uses Retrovol.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=50744
but it probably still has Alsamixer which is what I prefer to use anyway.
Also I assume that there still is for CLI
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=50744
but it probably still has Alsamixer which is what I prefer to use anyway.
Also I assume that there still is for CLI
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@mystmaiden
external speaker set - if this piece of hwr has one, sometimes that volume knob may need a little back'n'forth to clear the contacts
alsamixer - good idea to run through all the sliders and mutes (mute toggle is the m<key>) while playing a long-ish test source such as an audio cd. If you don't use a microphone, leave that muted/zero'd (occasionally some other slider/mute may affect overall output with various hwr).
depending on puppy version, various simple/intermediate/advanced mixer(s) have been used - I always liked the rt-click sgmixer option (after alsamixer was done) for an intermediate ui.
gxine - somewhere in gxine's prefs you can have it use pcm (or whatever works best for you) for a 'master' volume and have it remember that setting/level when it loads (if I recall correctly).
in a few pups, some other audio driver? than alsa may be used (and it had a reduced volume for some users as well).
@nooby - yah, "alsamixer -run" maybe (you can make a dotdesktop for it so it's always 'on the menu' if not already..)
hth
external speaker set - if this piece of hwr has one, sometimes that volume knob may need a little back'n'forth to clear the contacts
alsamixer - good idea to run through all the sliders and mutes (mute toggle is the m<key>) while playing a long-ish test source such as an audio cd. If you don't use a microphone, leave that muted/zero'd (occasionally some other slider/mute may affect overall output with various hwr).
depending on puppy version, various simple/intermediate/advanced mixer(s) have been used - I always liked the rt-click sgmixer option (after alsamixer was done) for an intermediate ui.
gxine - somewhere in gxine's prefs you can have it use pcm (or whatever works best for you) for a 'master' volume and have it remember that setting/level when it loads (if I recall correctly).
in a few pups, some other audio driver? than alsa may be used (and it had a reduced volume for some users as well).
@nooby - yah, "alsamixer -run" maybe (you can make a dotdesktop for it so it's always 'on the menu' if not already..)
hth
You have 100 for both Master and PCM?nooby wrote:Both of them Retrovol and Alsamixer says 100 volume and they still are lower output than what other OS distros have.
If you still need greater volume for video playback then SMplayer has an audio boost feature. Similarly there are music players which can boost volume too.
sadly my SMplayer fail to run the mp3 I have. But Gxine runs all of them and wma too So that covers al lmy needs.
Gxine seemed to have a boost option too. I set it on 120 % or something don't remember. Didnt seem to help. Sounded as if it clip on high input volume.
Maybe some incompatibility with my hardware.
Anyway it is still true that other linux has higher output volumes. Dramatic differences.
Gxine seemed to have a boost option too. I set it on 120 % or something don't remember. Didnt seem to help. Sounded as if it clip on high input volume.
Maybe some incompatibility with my hardware.
Anyway it is still true that other linux has higher output volumes. Dramatic differences.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though
I don't know but you could try in the console the following:nooby wrote:Gxine seemed to have a boost option too. I set it on 120 % or something don't remember. Didnt seem to help. Sounded as if it clip on high input volume.
Maybe some incompatibility with my hardware
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hmm.. I did turn up the volume and amplifier in Gxine. Not sure at all what pcm means though. Sorry. I dug around and found a little bit better speaker in my stash of orphan computer parts and that helped. I believe now that I have the volume turned all the way up in the task bar and Gxine this is now mostly a hardware problem. Not sure, but its my best guess.
Thanks to everyone for the replies!!
Thanks to everyone for the replies!!
Pcm is pulse code modulation. "Digits". No digits.....no sound.mystmaiden wrote:hmm.. I did turn up the volume and amplifier in Gxine. Not sure at all what pcm means though. Sorry. I dug around and found a little bit better speaker in my stash of orphan computer parts and that helped. I believe now that I have the volume turned all the way up in the task bar and Gxine this is now mostly a hardware problem. Not sure, but its my best guess.
Thanks to everyone for the replies!!
What version of Puppy are you using.
If it has Alsa mixer in multimedia, you can use that to increase
master and pcm volumes.
Did you try the headphone output into headphones?
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I don't know about overall. However, individual applications like Gxine has an equalizer built-in. Others may have an equalizer or bass boost plugin like XMMS has:linuxsansdisquedur wrote:One other thing...is there a command line or a pet to add an equalizer .... my speakers need enforcing low register
http://www.xmms.org/plugins.php?details=66
Mplayer has an equalizer via the commandline but also some mplayer GUIs like GMplayer have it implemented.
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