Volume Boost
 

i am doing the volume boost trick of making Canola dependent on mplayer and altering the volume settings for mplayer. However, I can't seem to find mplayer's config file.

The posts I read suggest it should be in /home/user, but I don't see anything for mplayer there,even when using ls -a.

Could the files be in a different directory?

Re: Volume Boost
 

I don't know, but I recently noticed the Media Box Media Center seemed to give me significantly louder sound.

Re: Volume Boost
 

If no one knows the answer, perhaps someone could tell me: Is there a search command for xterm? and if so, how can I get it to show hidden files in the results?

Re: Volume Boost
 

Oh, and you could set it to use the experimental GStreamer backend for playing MP3 format. You won't believe how extremely loud the tablet could get. :)

Re: Volume Boost
 

If the file is not there, just create it. I think it's not there by default, but mplayer will read it once it exists.

Re: Volume Boost
 

Another lightweight option I used with a lot of ear-shattering success was aumix-gtk from the elkins.org repo. It's has a fair share of quirks (like having to increase 'line' to get some extra juice and not working with headphones), but it does give a sizeable boost.

Re: Volume Boost
 

Since I don't know how familiar with linux you are, I'm forced to take a guess, based on your asking about the searching in xterm; please don't be offended if I'm guessing low. :p

from the /home/user directory, try this statement in xterm:

If you don't know where the /home/user directory is, it's where you end up when you open a new xterm window, so closing your current xterm and opening a new one will put you there easily.

Files under the /home/user directory with conf in their name should show up. The .mplayer directory is "hidden" by that period at the beginning of ".mplayer" and will/ should show up in that search if it's there.


Joe

Re: Volume Boost
 

You're looking for the .atabake file? I typed in the full path into emelfm2 and edited the file to change the audio to mplayer. I did this to get a2dp working in canola.

Re: Volume Boost
 

/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf :)

Try adding:

Re: Volume Boost
 

@ blowfish, he's looking for mplayer's config file, which by default should be /home/user/.mplayer/config, but I maybe the conf file that YoDude's suggesting might be ok if the one in .mplayer doesn't exist for whatever reason.

Joe