On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> > We have emulation layer for non-ALSA mixers. This layer turns mute off
> > automagically when volume is greater than zero.
>
> Thanks for clarifying this ! So, would you agree with the following
> addition to Documentation/Changes ?
>
> ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is now the preferred
> architecture for sound support, instead of the older OSS (Open
> Sound System). Note that, in ALSA, all volume settings default
> to zero, and all channels default to being "muted".
>
> User space therefore needs to explicitly increase the volume,
> and "unmute" the respective audio channels before any sound
> can be heard.
>
> Mixers not explicitly supporting the "mute" functionality will
^^^^^^
I would change this to 'OSS mixers' because all ALSA mixers handle the
mute feature.
> usually "unmute" sources when setting the volume to a value
> above zero.
>
> More information about ALSA, including configuration and OSS
> compatibility, can be found in Documentation/sound/alsa/
It sounds good.
Jaroslav
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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SuSE Labs
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