Retrovol
Retrovol is a GUI volume mix control. Its an alternative to terminal AlsaMixer tool. It is included in most Puppy versions and displayed on the systray (usually on the right side of the panel). The software was created by pizzasgood.
Screenshots
Configure
Right-click on the speaker icon on the panel:
Full window - opens all the volume and audio settings
Config window - configure app and select soundcard, it has three tabs
Main - graphic and volume control settings
Tray - setting for panel icon and slider
Hardware - pick soundcard, hw:0 means use soundcard 0 (as defined by ALSA), also set sliders to be active
Retrovol not showing
Sometimes when Retrovol won't start (and therefore doesn't show) is because it is not configured correctly.
The configuration file is located at ~/.retrovolrc, can be edited as text. (.<name> files are 'hidden', left-clicking on the eye in the ROXfiler ROX filer window will show these files.)
Commands
retrovol -v - returns version
retrovol -h - returns help
Also on the Wiki
Alsamixer - set sound levels from the command line
SoundWizard - configures soundcard/s
Related Webpages
Categories
CategoryMultimediaCategorySoftware
CategoryComponent
