Guys,

Linux Tips: Increase MPlayer Soft Volume to 300% in Linux

Sometimes when you watch a movie, the sound is just too low, even setting your alsamixer to 100%. But you can increase your MPlayer soft volume to 300% with just a simple command. Open a terminal and type:

mplayer -softvol -softvol-max 300 'video.avi'

and replace video.avi with the video file name you want to watch

Now to manually change the volume in MPLayer, use the "0" and "9" keys on your keyboard.


Thanks,
Riju.

many thanks

Hi Friends,

Here is another trick to increase the sound (soft volume) in Ubuntu Linux, this time system-wide.

1. Edit your /etc/asound.conf file.

Press ALT + F2 on your keyboard and type:

gksu gedit /etc/asound.conf

2. Paste the following into the asound.conf file:

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "softvol"
}

pcm.softvol {
type softvol
slave {
pcm "dmix"
}
control {
name "Pre-Amp"
card 0
}
min_dB -5.0
max_dB 20.0
resolution 6
}

3. Restart PulseAudio:

pulseaudio -k >/dev/null 2>&1

To make sure pulseaudio is stopped:

killall pulseaudio

And then:

pulseaudio -D
pulseaudio ;

Finally Restart u r system.......

Thanks & Regards,
Riju.