Post by Kevin McAleavey on Aug 12, 2010 21:42:44 GMT -5
Over the next few days, as time permits, I'm going to anticipate some possible issues and throw up a few threads describing them in order to save a little grief and show off a few of our "back pocket" features.
I was looking but couldn't find a previous complaint that we had with the first beta where the sound level wasn't as loud as was expected. KNOS defaults to a preset volume of 75% on the little speaker icon up on the top of the desktop to the left of the clock. For most people, moving the volume control to 100% makes the audio plenty loud. Maybe not ear-splitting, but we wanted KNOS to be polite and not blow people out of their chairs. (grin)
So since there was an "issue" we added a temporary solution for now to our code which allows adjustment of the source volumes which are also by BSD default, lower than what might be expected. We've added a second "volume control" which you will have to manually add to your desktop in order to change those other internal settings should you find that the sound volume is too low for your tastes or particular machine.
To do so, simply go up to the top of your screen and RIGHT click anywhere in the empty area of the taskbar on top. Select "Add to panel." Scroll all the way down the list and you will see an item marked "Volume control." ADD that and close (unless you want to stuff your bar with more stuff - it'll all go away when you reboot tho').
If you LEFT click it, then you get a duplicate of the other main volume control. However, if you right click it, you'll get a drop down menu. Select "preferences" and you'll get a selector. Other sound volume level inputs will include PCM and if it happens to appear, an item called "o-gain." Select one at a time (PCM is your most likely culprit) and it will close. The volume control which now appears when you LEFT click the icon again will control that one specific selection. You'll need to go back with the right click trick and select something else if that doesn't make a difference. But one of those should give you the level that you want to turn up for "more power."
Be careful about turning up inputs such as Microphone or line in since things like Skype, Cheese, Ekiga, Sound recorder and other audio devices are designed to set their levels properly automatically. My intention in this temporary workaround until I can code up a proper "mixer" program is solely to allow those who are unable to hear sound on their computer to have a means of winning. Or as I like to say, "power to be used and not abused." Heh.
I was looking but couldn't find a previous complaint that we had with the first beta where the sound level wasn't as loud as was expected. KNOS defaults to a preset volume of 75% on the little speaker icon up on the top of the desktop to the left of the clock. For most people, moving the volume control to 100% makes the audio plenty loud. Maybe not ear-splitting, but we wanted KNOS to be polite and not blow people out of their chairs. (grin)
So since there was an "issue" we added a temporary solution for now to our code which allows adjustment of the source volumes which are also by BSD default, lower than what might be expected. We've added a second "volume control" which you will have to manually add to your desktop in order to change those other internal settings should you find that the sound volume is too low for your tastes or particular machine.
To do so, simply go up to the top of your screen and RIGHT click anywhere in the empty area of the taskbar on top. Select "Add to panel." Scroll all the way down the list and you will see an item marked "Volume control." ADD that and close (unless you want to stuff your bar with more stuff - it'll all go away when you reboot tho').
If you LEFT click it, then you get a duplicate of the other main volume control. However, if you right click it, you'll get a drop down menu. Select "preferences" and you'll get a selector. Other sound volume level inputs will include PCM and if it happens to appear, an item called "o-gain." Select one at a time (PCM is your most likely culprit) and it will close. The volume control which now appears when you LEFT click the icon again will control that one specific selection. You'll need to go back with the right click trick and select something else if that doesn't make a difference. But one of those should give you the level that you want to turn up for "more power."
Be careful about turning up inputs such as Microphone or line in since things like Skype, Cheese, Ekiga, Sound recorder and other audio devices are designed to set their levels properly automatically. My intention in this temporary workaround until I can code up a proper "mixer" program is solely to allow those who are unable to hear sound on their computer to have a means of winning. Or as I like to say, "power to be used and not abused." Heh.