Volume-Control/Slider VLC 0.8.2 - 0.8.4-test1a

[Dandruff]

Please bring back the Volume-Slider in MME/WaveOut-Mode! Missing it since version 0.8.2. In version 0.8.1 it was there (and worked fine)!

main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main warning: drive letter D: found in source
main debug: `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav' gives access `' demux `' path `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
main debug: thread 3476 (input) created at priority 1 (src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: creating access '' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.cue
access_file debug: opening file `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: using access2 module "access_file"
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: prebuffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 413448 kbytes/s
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: looking for demux2 module: 38 candidates
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`fmt ` size=16
wav debug: format: 0x0003, fourcc: aflt, channels: 2, freq: 48000 Hz, bitrate: 375Ko/s, blockalign: 8, bits/samples: 32, extra size: 0
wav debug: found IEEE Float audio audio format
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`data` size=144429848
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: using demux2 module "wav"
main debug: looking for decoder module: 24 candidates
araw debug: samplerate:48000Hz channels:2 bits/sample:32
main debug: using decoder module "araw"
main debug: thread 3660 (decoder) created at priority 2 (src/input/decoder.c:159)
main debug: `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav' successfully opened
main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates
waveout debug: device supports 2 channels
waveout debug: device supports 1 channel
main debug: thread 3484 (waveOut Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (waveout.c:326)
main debug: using audio output module "waveout"
main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: mixer 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 22 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "float32tos16"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "trivial_mixer"
main debug: input 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: no need for any filter
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'fl32' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 22 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "bandlimited_resampler"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion


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Windows XP SP2
RME HDSP 9632 (WaveOut, disabled Float32, resampling to 48000Hz)

[Dandruff]

with 0.8.4-test1 it looks better, but the slider gets fixed at full volume (as soon as playback is started). why can't i change volume anymore? with version 0.8.1 it worked. since 0.8.2 it's not possible anymore ...

main debug: adding playlist item `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav' ( D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav )
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main warning: drive letter D: found in source
main debug: `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav' gives access `' demux `' path `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
main debug: thread 3632 (input) created at priority 1 (src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: creating access '' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.cue
access_file debug: opening file `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: using access2 module "access_file"
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: prebuffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 42832 kbytes/s
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav'
main debug: looking for demux2 module: 39 candidates
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`fmt ` size=16
wav debug: format: 0x0003, fourcc: aflt, channels: 2, freq: 48000 Hz, bitrate: 375Ko/s, blockalign: 8, bits/samples: 32, extra size: 0
wav debug: found IEEE Float audio audio format
wav debug: Chunk: fcc=`data` size=144429848
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: using demux2 module "wav"
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in D:\Tunes\
main debug: looking for decoder module: 27 candidates
araw debug: samplerate:48000Hz channels:2 bits/sample:32
main debug: using decoder module "araw"
main debug: thread 3696 (decoder) created at priority 2 (src/input/decoder.c:159)
main debug: `D:\Tunes\Dstruct 'Escape'.wav' successfully opened
main debug: no aout present, spawning one
main debug: looking for audio output module: 3 candidates
waveout warning: waveOutOpen failed WAVERR_BADFORMAT
waveout debug: device supports 2 channels
waveout warning: waveOutOpen failed WAVERR_BADFORMAT
waveout debug: device supports 1 channel
main debug: thread 3792 (waveOut Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (waveout.c:326)
main debug: using audio output module "waveout"
main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: mixer 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "float32tos16"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "trivial_mixer"
main debug: input 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'fl32' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "linear_resampler"
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion


maybe it has something to do with my soundcard -> i'm using a rme hdsp 9632, which only has mme-drivers. there's also no volume control in windows for it (because the card uses it's own dsp-mixer for that ...)

does vlc (since 0.8.2) requires the windows-mixer? with version 0.8.1 i could change the volume with vlc's own internal mixer (volume control)!


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Windows XP SP2
RME HDSP 9632 (WaveOut, disabled Float32, resampling to 48000Hz)

[ipkiss]

You may have a too big volume value in your preferences. Try resetting them.

[Dandruff]

it's default-volume (256)! and i always delete the preferences before installing a new version. so that can't be the reason of this ...

in version 0.8.2 there was something major changed. portaudio and volume-control both worked fine till version 0.8.1. since version 0.8.2 i'll have to use mme-output (and when starting playback, the volume gets fixed to the value set under preferences) ...


i just can say it again: it must have something to do with my soundcard. it only has mme-drivers. and these don't support 32bit floating point. here the manual, if it helps you: http://www.rme-audio.com/english/downlo ... 9632_e.pdf


page 77: transfer modes

- 16 bit 2 byte (stereo 4 bytes)
- 16 bit 4 byte MSB (stereo 8 bytes)
- 24 bit 4 byte MSB (stereo 8 bytes)
- 32 bit 4 byte (stereo 8 bytes)


when using the skins2 interface, the volume-slider can be moved, but it always skips back to 100% and i don't hear any change in volume ...

[Dandruff]

any news on this? why can't i use the volume-slider? can this be fixed, or not?

[fkuehne]

I'm just asking the team whether anybody can reproduce that. If this won't be fixed immediatelly, I'll file a ticket in trac for that.

[Dandruff]

thank you, felix!

[fkuehne]

Okay, it's ticket #381.
You are welcome.

BTW. About your thoughts concerning the German translation. This thingy in the menu appears to be a UTF-8-issue. I'll try to reproduce that, otherwise it will be filed to trac as well.
Thanks for your reminder of the inconsistent translation. I'll fix it once -test2 is out.

[Dandruff]

many thanks!

[Dandruff]

can someone please tell me what this message means:

waveout warning: waveOutOpen failed WAVERR_BADFORMAT ?

[Dandruff]

?

that the driver of my soundcard doesn't support float32, right?

[Dandruff]

maybe useful information for you vlc developers:

today the rme driver developer wrote to me, that they removed the 'device supports float32' from the driver (because the card doesn't support this format). before it was marked as 'supported'.

maybe this change was done after the release of vlc 0.8.1 (or before the release of vlc 0.8.2).

could this caused the volume-slider to not working anymore in vlc?

right now the rme-driver is bug-free!




i really would like to have the volume-slider working again! and could you please implement one of these output-formats (for mme/waveout):

- 24 bit 4 byte MSB (stereo 8 bytes) or
- 32 bit 4 byte (stereo 8 bytes)

?

thanks!

[Dandruff]

fixed in the latest nightly build (vlc-0.8.5-svn-20051125-1136-win32)