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[Locked] Sound control plugin for pulseaudio?
Guest 3 Guest [Read]
26 May 2013 à 07:14

Guest, Saturday 25 May 2013 à 04:19

Does the sound control plugin work only with alsamixer? I recently started using pulseaudio in order to play audio through my HDMI monitor (I couldn't get HDMI audio output to work using alsamixer), and as a result, the sound control plugin doesn't adjust the volume level for HDMI output. In the configuration options under alsa, the only device I can select is the on-board sound (no HDMI option). Any suggestions as to how I can get the volume control to adjust my HDMI audio volume?

Some info you may want:
Cairo-Dock version : 3.2.1
Sound Contol: 2.1.4

aplay -l:
List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC269VB Digital [ALC269VB Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

matttbe, Saturday 25 May 2013 à 12:02


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
Hello and thank you for your bug report,

PulseAudio is a "proxy' sort", "an interface" for AlsaMixer. It means that if you control Alsa or PulseAudio, it should also control the other one.

Note that if 'indicator-sound-service' daemon is running, it's possible that it will control only the master channel of PulseAudio. Can you just check if it's running?
ps aux | grep "[i]ndicator-sound-service"


In the configuration options under alsa, the only device I can select is the on-board sound (no HDMI option)
Is it the config panel of Cairo-Dock?
According the output messages produced by aplay, it seems it's the same card (card 0) but the device 3. From this config panel, you should be able to control a second channel, did you try with HDMI or "HDMI 0"?
What's the output messages produced by:
aplay -L

Guest, Sunday 26 May 2013 à 02:51

ps aux | grep "[i]ndicator-sound-service"


The above command produces no output. I tried executing indicator-sound-service, but it said command not found. I tried "service indicator-sound-service start" but that resulted in "service not found"

Yes, in the configuration for the sound control in cairo-dock. I tried both HDMI and HDMI 0, but the volume slider still doesn't control HDMI audio volume. I did not try "HDMI 0", I will do that and see what happens.

aplay -L:


null
    Discard all samples 
(playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default
    
Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
sysdefault
:CARD=PCH
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    
Default Audio Device
front
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    Front speakers
surround40
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front 
and Rear speakers
surround41
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front
Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front
Center and Rear speakers
surround51
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front
CenterRear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front
CenterSideRear and Woofer speakers
iec958
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Digital
    IEC958 
(S/PDIFDigital Audio Output
hdmi
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix
:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Digital
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix
:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH
HDMI 0
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop
:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Digital
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop
:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH
HDMI 0
    Direct sample snooping device
hw
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw
:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Digital
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw
:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH
HDMI 0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw
:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw
:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH
ALC269VB Digital
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw
:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH
HDMI 0
    Hardware device with all software conversions


Guest, Sunday 26 May 2013 à 07:14

OK, I got it working. I had to switch the soundcard to the blank option (previously, I had "Intel HDA" selected), and then either HDMI or "HDMI 0" for secondary channel. Thanks for your help!

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