On Wednesday 20 July 2005 00:25, Lars Stokholm wrote: > I have two problems on Ubuntu (and Knoppix aswell), they are hopefully > related: > > The first problem is that the sound is clipping (it makes a scratchy > sound on places in music where the volume is high). > > I've tried different music players, different file formats, different > output methods. They all yield the same result. > > For testing I now use XMMS, playing a wave file on a completely new > install of Ubuntu; the only modification is the installation of XMMS. > > The second problem is that alsamixer isn't working. I can push the > sliders all I wan't - nothing happens. And it isn't just alsamixer, > the slider in the Gnome-panel isn't working either, and nor is the > volume control in Music Player Daemon e.g. > > What is the problem?
In this aspect, it is terribly relevant to supply further information. I suggest: Version of Linux. Relevant hardware-specifications. Interesting output of various system logs, and any unusual output of media applications However, if you're able to get any mixer working, you might be suffering from the PCM-channel being turned too high up. If I may venture an arrogant guess: You come from Windows, where maximum in the mixer settings does not correspond to maximum on the hardware -- and have therefore turned PCM to 100%, by habit...? Regards, Anders Breindahl.
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