sound configuration for pidgin
Geoff Fritz
gfritz at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 16:07:09 UTC 2009
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 08:51:35PM +0700, kyanh wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'd like to hear some notification from Pidgin. When configuring Pidgin, I
> use
> mplayer %s
> to make Pidgin play stuff. But it's hard to hear the sound as pidgin's
> volume is small (while the system mixer is almost 100:100). Is there anyway
> to have a bigger sound in Pidgin?
>
> Thank you!
I use the same method you do. Just a tip: since you use mplayer, as opposed to
the default gstreamer, you can clear a *lot* of cruft from your system by
reconfiguring the pidgin port and turning off the gstreamer option,
re-installing pidgin, then uninstalling the gstreamer stuff. I find that
the ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves port is execllent for such cleaning.
Onto your question. I have two thoughts.
First, make sure that /usr/sbin/mixer shows "vol" and "pcm" both at a
a reasonable level. I find that 60:60 is usually sufficient for me, whether
I used headphones or speakers.
Second, the sound files you are using might simply be a bit low on the
volume side. You may want to load them into something like audacity to
increase their loudness.
-- Geoff
> PS: sorry for my terrible English :)
No apologies needed. Your written English is excellent!
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