On 4/26/21 7:43 AM, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 11:57:42PM -0500, John Batteen wrote:
>> Greetings misc,
>>
>> I am running 6.9 and am having some difficulty. I have
>> outputs.master=255,255 set in mixerctl.conf (it is the only line in
>> the file), but every time I open an application its individual
>> volume is set to 0.496. For example, sndioctl reveals:
>
>> input.level=0.490
>> input.mute=0
>> output.level=1.000
>> output.mute=0
>> app/mplayer0.level=0.496
>>
>>
>> This is very quiet on my setup and I have to manually adjust the
>> volume every time. I have read the entirety of the sndiod,
>> sndioctl, mixerctl, and mixerctl.conf man pages, and I can't find
>> anything that tells me how to change that default 0.496 value. I'd
>> rather have it stay at 1. I've tried modifying every value that was
>> set to 126 (0.496 * 255) or anywhere close to it in the default
>> mixerctl to 255,255 with mixerctl.conf but it still happens. Is
>> this intended behavior?
>
> When a program exits, its level setting is kept in memory by sndiod;
> when the program is started again, it continues with its saved
> level. The initial level is 1.
>
> So when the system starts, app/mplayer0.level is supposed to be 1.
>
> Is the problem with mplayer only or with all programs? If it's mplayer
> only, is there something in ~/.mplayer/config that could cause this?
>
I owe you a beverage of your choosing. Reinstalling on a machine I haven't used for ages and I copied over an old home directory without much thought. There it was. My apologies for cluttering the list.
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