f15, pulseaudio, line-in, volume control

[Mike Wright]

Hi all,

I've installed f15 from the livecd and am exploring this new beast.  I
should also state I'm using Gnome3.

One of the things about pulseaudio that is not intuitive is how to
control the line-input.  By default it is not connected and requires
command line instructions to connect it:

pactl load-module module-loopback

On f14 this added a microphone icon (another volume control) to the
taskbar which allowed independent control of its sound level separate
from the "master" volume control.  On f15 that doesn't happen.  The
line-input seems to get attached directly to the master channel which
destroys the useability of the sound system as a "mixer".  In fact,
there isn't a mixer application in the "out-of-the-box" install of f15.

So I guess this is really two questions:

1) How do I control the line-input volume independent of the master
volume level?
2) Is there a sound mixer available for f15?

Thanks in advance!
Mike Wright

[Joe Zeff]

On 04/26/2011 10:45 AM, Mike Wright wrote:
> In fact,
> there isn't a mixer application in the "out-of-the-box" install of f15.

To be more precise, there's no mixer included in the LiveCD version of F 
15.  This is probably because it's intended mostly to be a "try it 
before you buy it" demo of the distro and it's limited to what will fit 
on a CD.  I don't know if there's a full DVD version of F 15 yet, but if 
there is, there's probably a mixer included in the default install.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 10:45 -0700, Mike Wright wrote:
> I've installed f15 from the livecd and am exploring this new beast.  I
> should also state I'm using Gnome3.

Then I suggest you subscribe to the Fedora Test list, which is the
appropriate place for F15 discussions until it's actually released.

poc

[Mike Wright]

On 04/26/2011 10:45 AM, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,

Replying to self for the benefit of any other questioners...
> I've installed f15 from the livecd and am exploring this new beast.  I
> should also state I'm using Gnome3.
>
> One of the things about pulseaudio that is not intuitive is how to
> control the line-input.  By default it is not connected and requires
> command line instructions to connect it:
>  pactl load-module module-loopback
>
> On f14 this added a microphone icon (another volume control) to the
> taskbar which allowed independent control of its sound level separate
> from the "master" volume control.  On f15 that doesn't happen.  The
> line-input seems to get attached directly to the master channel which
> destroys the useability of the sound system as a "mixer".  In fact,
> there isn't a mixer application in the "out-of-the-box" install of f15.
>
> So I guess this is really two questions:
> How do I control the line-input volume independent of the master
>
> volume level?

Given sufficient time an additional volume control labeled "Microphone" 
will appear in the dropdown that shows up after clicking on the speaker 
icon on the taskbar.
> Is there a sound mixer available for f15?

I looked through those available and the pickings are meager.

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Nonetheless, (plug your eyes, poc) f15 has definitely moved the bar. 
Having been with the fedora bleeders since the get-go it is very 
exciting to see so many different parts of the equation beginning to 
converge.

Kudos to all.