Try increasing the mixer volume. Use xmixer or aumix (console). On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, David wrote:
> > 1) What are you trying to accomplish? It's as if you forgot to make note > > of why you're doing any of this to begin with. > > Well, I wasn't doing any important thing in particular. I was just trying to > play some mp3s and having found that the volume is a bit soft, I just wanted > to adjust it. > > > 2) -g is gain. Typically you don't touch this. If you play electric guitar > > or do sound mixing of some sort, you'll know what this is. > > I do know what gain is. It is simply put: a ratio of output to input. > This -g option I presume will adjust the output gain of my sound card. So it > seems to be the right option for me. Unfortunately, it did not work. Maybe > the driver does not support this option. > > > 3) -f is scale factor. Not sure of the logic behind this. > > The -f option is sort of like the software version of volume control as it > controls the scaling of the wave data before it is passed to the sound card. > But the default level (according to the man page) is 32768 which is the max > (half of 2^16). If I adjust this, which is possible, I get a louder sound > but the louder portions of the music becomes clipped. > > Best, > David > > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, David wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was experimenting with playing mp3s using mpg123. I read the man page > for > > > mpg123 and saw that the -g option seems to be the one to adjust playback > > > level. However, although I tried specifying different values with the -g > > > option, I don't get any difference in the playback level. (I tried > values > > > from 5 to 10000). I found that using the -f option seems to be able to > do > > > the trick but I don't feel that it is the correct way to do things since > I > > > started to hear some 'clippings'. What then is the correct way or > method? > > > Thanks. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > -- > > -Statux > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- -Statux _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
