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.TH ALSACTL 1 "15 May 2001"
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.SH NAME
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alsactl \- advanced controls for ALSA soundcard driver
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBalsactl\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIstore\fP|\fIrestore\fP|\fInames\fP] <card # or id>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBalsactl\fP is used to control advanced settings for the ALSA
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soundcard drivers. It supports multiple soundcards. If your card has
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features that you can't seem to control from a mixer application,
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you have come to the right place.
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.SH INVOKING
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\fBalsactl\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIstore\fP|\fIrestore\fP|\fInames\fP] <card # or id>
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.SS Commands
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\fIstore\fP saves the current driver state for the selected soundcard
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to the configuration file.
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\fIrestore\fP loads driver state for the selected soundcard from the
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configuration file.
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\fInames\fP generates list of available device names for applications.
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The card number or id is ignored for this command. The list is always
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generated for all available cards.
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If no soundcards are specified, setup for all cards will be saved or
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loaded.
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.SS Options
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.TP
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\fI\-h, \-\-help\fP
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Help: show available flags and commands.
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.TP
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\fI\-f, \-\-file\fP
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Select the configuration file to use. The default is /etc/asound.state or
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/etc/asound.names (for the \fInames\fP command).
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.TP
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\fI\-F, \-\-force\fP
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Used with restore command. Try to restore the matching control elements
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as much as possible.
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.TP
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\fI\-d, \-\-debug\fP
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Use debug mode: a bit more verbose.
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\fI\-v, \-\-version\fP
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Print alsactl version number.
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.SH FILES
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\fI/etc/asound.state\fP (or whatever file you specify with the
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\fB\-f\fP flag) is used to store current settings for your
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soundcards. The settings include all the usual soundcard mixer
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settings. More importantly, alsactl is
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capable of controlling other card-specific features that mixer apps
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usually don't know about.
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The configuration file is generated automatically by running
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\fBalsactl store\fP. Editing the configuration file by hand may be
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necessary for some soundcard features (e.g. enabling/disabling
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automatic mic gain, digital output, joystick/game ports, some future MIDI
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routing options, etc).
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\fI/etc/asound.names\fP (or whatever file you specify with the
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\fB\-f\fP flag) is used to store the list of device names available
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in your system. The list does not contain all virtual names, because
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the name space is infinite, but it detects present hardware and
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generates list of common names. The user / system administrator / another
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configuration tool might modify the file to add virtual names as well.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fB
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amixer(1),
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alsamixer(1),
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aplay(1)
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\fP
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.SH BUGS
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None known.
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.SH AUTHOR
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\fBalsactl\fP is by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> and Abramo Bagnara
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<abramo@alsa\-project.org>. This document is by Paul Winkler <zarmzarm@erols.com>.
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