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alsa-utils/0008-amixer-alsamixer-Add-description-of-volume-mapping.patch
Takashi Iwai 3a57fbf7f8 Accepting request 122710 from home:tiwai:branches:multimedia:libs
- backport fix patches from upstream:
  * Some document fixes
  * Improve xrun_sync in alsaloop
  * Add option to dump HW parameters to aplay
  * Add the support for mapped volumes to amixer
  * Add option to tread any xrun as fatal to aplay/arecord
  * configure.in fixes
  * alsactl: Don't access other cards than specified
  * aplay prints Vu-meter to stderr now
  * fix the avail_min setup in alsaloop

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/122710
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/multimedia:libs/alsa-utils?expand=0&rev=52
2012-05-29 09:34:36 +00:00

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From 8824d0824d780d0fa503f9c9fbae46e45bbb18e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:03:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/13] amixer, alsamixer: Add description of volume-mapping
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
---
alsamixer/alsamixer.1 | 13 +++++++++++++
amixer/amixer.1 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 b/alsamixer/alsamixer.1
index cd88404..8d34680 100644
--- a/alsamixer/alsamixer.1
+++ b/alsamixer/alsamixer.1
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@ Quit the program with \fIALT Q\fP, or by hitting \fIESC\fP.
Please note that you might need to hit \fIESC\fP twice on some terminals
since it's regarded as a prefix key.
+.SH VOLUME MAPPING
+In \fBalsamixer\fP, the volume is mapped to a value that is more natural
+for a human ear. The mapping is designed so that the position in the
+interval is proportional to the volume as a human ear would perceive
+it, i.e. the position is the cubic root of the linear sample
+multiplication factor. For controls with a small range (24 dB or
+less), the mapping is linear in the dB values so that each step has
+the same size visually.
+
+Only for controls without dB information, a linear mapping of the
+hardware volume register values is used (this is the same algorithm as
+used in the old \fBalsamixer\fP).
+
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB
amixer(1),
diff --git a/amixer/amixer.1 b/amixer/amixer.1
index b1ac323..3ed20a9 100644
--- a/amixer/amixer.1
+++ b/amixer/amixer.1
@@ -104,10 +104,21 @@ The commands to unmatched ids are ignored without errors too.
.TP
\fI\-h\fP
Help: show syntax.
+
.TP
\fI\-q\fP
Quiet mode. Do not show results of changes.
+.TP
+\fI\-R\fP
+Use the raw value for evaluating the percentage representation.
+This is the default mode.
+
+.TP
+\fI\-M\fP
+Use the mapped volume for evaluating the percentage representation
+like \fBalsamixer\fR, to be more natural for human ear.
+
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
@@ -134,8 +145,14 @@ will set the third soundcard's second line playback volume(s) to 40%
\fBamixer \-c 2 cset numid=34 40%\fR
will set the 34th soundcard element to 40%
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB
+alsamixer(1)
+\fP
+
.SH BUGS
None known.
+
.SH AUTHOR
\fBamixer\fP is by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>.
This document is by Paul Winkler <zarmzarm@erols.com> and Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>.
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