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remix
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 Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:25 pm Post subject: gnome shortcut key volume control |
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is there anyway to get the shortcut key for volume control (on the keyboard) to set the volume for any other track besides 'Master' ? or to maybe bind Master to PCM, or Headphone ?
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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:bump: i can't believe 47 people never wanted gnomes keyboard shortcut button to control any volume control but 'Master'
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RobertDavid
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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I dont know if it uses master or PCM but I use BMP (beep-media-player) with plugin (dont know the exact name but it is on BMP homepage in section plugins) to use some keys from my multimedia keyboard,, It works great and there are also some other keys to set up like internet browser, mail client, mute, homepage, etc.... you just need to run BMP, but if you listen to music a lot so its not a problem:)
I think that this plugin has also xmms,, and think you shuld set in the player which volume control you use(master,PCM,....) but didnt try that, coz no need for it...
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Sir No
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To be honest, I was going to ask exactly the same question! But I'll rephrase it in order to get a better solution maybe.
My problem is that in Gnome I cannot use "Master Volume" slider to control the sound level. Instead, the "PCM" slider does this. While gnome-volume-control can be told which channel it controls (like PCM instead of Master), this is semi-optimal solution.
I can, of course, go to the system "Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts" window and bind the keys I want to the sound events (increase/decrease volume level), but this way only the "Master Volume" channel can be controlled. So, even if I can actually see on the screen a visual feedback that the volume level is changing (Master), in reality it stays the same (PCM). 
I think that the problem is with my alsa configuration (albeit it looks pretty sane IMO). OTOH maybe this is connected to the fact that I have an OSS compatibility turned on, and I can switch between "Realtek ALC203 rev 0 (OSS Mixer)" and "SiS SI7012 (Alsa Mixer)" devices.
Please, hint me how can I control properly the volume level using "Master Volume"?
| RobertDavid wrote: | I dont know if it uses master or PCM but I use BMP (beep-media-player) with plugin (dont know the exact name but it is on BMP homepage in section plugins) to use some keys from my multimedia keyboard,, It works great and there are also some other keys to set up like internet browser, mail client, mute, homepage, etc.... you just need to run BMP, but if you listen to music a lot so its not a problem:)
I think that this plugin has also xmms,, and think you shuld set in the player which volume control you use(master,PCM,....) but didnt try that, coz no need for it... |
Hmm. And your answer, while completely valid, doesn't address the right issue IMHO. 
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Krojack
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:33 am Post subject: |
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I'm having this problem also.. The volume up/down on my keyboard control the MASTER volume but I want it to control the PCM volume in the mixer.. Is there a way to change this??
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krinn
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ok guys here we go, take a sit & a coffee...
Goto Keyboard shortcut AND BE SURE TO DISABLE Volume up & down keys (it's important)
Do that with backspace key to remove them
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Goto key
| Code: | | /apps/metacity/global_keybindings |
Set
| Code: | run_command_1 to XF86AudioRaiseVolume
run_command_2 to XF86AudioLowerVolume
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Goto key
| Code: | | /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands |
Set
| Code: | command_1 amixer -q set PCM 2+ unmute
command_2 amixer -q set PCM 2- unmute
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Now if everyone follow clearly what happen:
XF86Audio are reassign to run command 1 & 2
run command 1 & 2 will ask amixer to increase or decrease the PCM channel by 2
All you have to do is replace PCM with the channel you wish handle.
(well you will also need amixer of course)
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Sir No
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| krinn wrote: | Ok guys here we go, take a sit & a coffee...
SNIP
All you have to do is replace PCM with the channel you wish handle.
(well you will also need amixer of course)
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That's clever! 
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Although I've recently found that the Headphone channel controls the volume level too... And the Main channel still does nothing. I suppose this might be a problem with alsa drivers. I have a SiS sound chipset - and autodetection uses intel8x0 kernel module for it. Mabye it's time for checking the sources again...?
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DetectiveInspekta
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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krinn, Im still not sure how this works.
After that are we supposed to set the key on it through the Keyboard Shortcuts?
I have a problem of not being able to change volumes.
I have a apple keyboard and from the looks of things through the Keyboard Shortcuts 0xae and 0xb0 are supposed to change volumes but it doesn't.
And when I change the command for the screenshots it works. |
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Sir No
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| DetectiveInspekta wrote: | krinn, Im still not sure how this works.
After that are we supposed to set the key on it through the Keyboard Shortcuts?
I have a problem of not being able to change volumes.
I have a apple keyboard and from the looks of things through the Keyboard Shortcuts 0xae and 0xb0 are supposed to change volumes but it doesn't.
And when I change the command for the screenshots it works. |
My original problem was that the master channel wasn't doing anything - and that was solved by upgrading alsa drivers.
IIRC the shortcuts should be set anyway. You can also play with trying different keyboard layouts, too.
For example, even if in Gnome the shortcuts were working, in KDE I always needed to select a "Microsoft Natural Keyboard" layout to get them working (even if the keyboard itself is not the MS one - it's Labtec Internet Keyboard).
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