10 Nov
2009
10 Nov
'09
3:46 p.m.
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 20:08:02 Preston C. wrote:
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Clemens Ladisch
<clemens(a)ladisch.de> wrote:
Hardware mixer controls != playback controls !!!
Alsamixer accesses the hardware mixer of the soundcards/-devices. And most
USB-devices don't have a hardware mixer. At least it is not accessible via
software, just via the "hands on" hardware access :-)
Which is actually a good thing because its one place less where the volume set
to zero/mute gives you endless fights of getting sound of the speakers...
Have fun,
Arnold
This message is trying to tell you that alsamixer
did not find any
playback controls for this device. The reason for this might be that
your device actually does not have any playback controls.
This is common with USB devices; you have to use the hardware controls
of the device itself.
I do not understand? How could alsamixer not require
playback
controls? Would you mind explaining further?