Okay, I am trying to do this here: How to use softvol to control the master volume - ALSA wiki
The reason, my card has no master volume control; if I want to turn the volume down, I have to turn each speaker (5.1 surround) down separately.
After hours of poking through the net, I found this .asound.conf file that allows me to use surround a while back.
pcm.!dmix {
type plug
slave {
pcm surround51
channels 6
}
}
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmix"
slave.channels 6
route_policy duplicate
}
I don’t know how to integrate the master volume feature here with this, to keep surround and have a master volume.
Please, any help, I’m desperate.
It’s openSuSE 11.0, alsa, no pulse installed, it’s crap, CA0106, and anything else, please ask. I’m a little flustered after having asked about this card all across the net and getting ignored.