questions re: prefered software and audio settings for volume

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  Try adding

softvol=1

to your ~/.mplayer/config file.
That should tell mplayer to use the soft mixer instead of the hardware mixer.

          Kenny

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:05:09PM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm working on switching to linux at least part-time, and have a few questions.
> First, I've thought about using emacs or pico for code, has anyone found a way to handle python indentations? Can Speakup be made to announce them?
> 
> Second, I'm using mplayer for my media, because cdcd only seemed to be for cds, and when I lower the volume it lowers the speakup volume too, which makes it a bit hard because I had music on terminal two and book on term three, with other work on the first console, so I could just use screen to manage that. Aside from the long explaination, it seems when I turn down the volume on the media player, the master volume goes down, too. Is there a way to make it where they have separate volume settings so that it won't affect speakup?
> 
> 
> 		Thanks,
> Tyler Littlefield
> 	http://tds-solutions.net
> 	Twitter: sorressean
> 
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