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On Sunday 18 November 2007, Thufir wrote: |
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> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:19:34 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Think about this a little bit. Modern audio hardware has multiple |
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> > inputs and often multiple outputs as well. |
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> > You absolutely need to be able to control these independantly, |
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> > because that's the way stuff works. |
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> Ah, well, ok. It just seemed weird to have to hit unmute in |
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> different places. |
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On the other hand, it IS very frustrating to open up alsamixer after not |
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using it for a while, see all those channels and have to figure out all |
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over again what each one does :-) |
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The thing that is really stupid though and freaks me out is when |
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notebook manufacturers use hardware with a brazillion channels and only |
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two in and one out actually do something (yes Dell, I'm looking at you |
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here). Alsa looks at this and gives you a mixer slider for everything |
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that is there whether it works or not... |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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