Re: Software (sample based) volume control - not touching mixer

On 18.02 at 12:14, Robert Rozman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using xmms in multi sound home system, where I want to mix several xmms
> outputs also with speech (wav files) and other sources.
> 
> For this I need to control xmms volume on sample basis - not touching
> anything on mixer device - just shrink and expand sample values...
> (not using PCM,Vol control - cause in this case I cannot set different
> levels for different instances of xmms).
> 
> I know that Alsaplayer is doing this (and is for now the only one I know -
> and this feature is highlighted as advantage in several reviews), but I'm
> not sure about xmms.  I've written this to General discussion, but obviously
> this feature isn't present.
> 
> Any chance to change that ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robert.
> 

Maybe you should try using the ESound Output plugin. That way you can 
set different volume levels for different instances of XMMS without 
touching the Master/PCM channels on your mixer device.

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Misu