Subj : PING Question To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jan 21 2020 08:55:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Sounds like software to me... ;) BM>> Probably, yes. Maybe with a dash of hardware allowing the software to BM>> change the volume: I have at least one Frontend where it looks like I BM>> can vary the volume -- visual indicator for increase and decrease BM>> appears -- but the output is constant. NB>> Still sounds like software... or at the very least, NB>> incompatability with the hardware... ;) BM> Sort of yes. I'm not sure what the answer is so don't want to BM> 'define' something. In the "Big Black Box Answer" I'm thinking along BM> the lines how on most audio systems (think "stereo") there's a Line Out BM> (such as to a tape deck) where the audio level is always constant. To BM> the speakers the audio level is variable. NB> Obviously you have more basic knowledge of such than I do... :) Um, yes. Sometimes hard to remember what seems extremely simple to me isn't for others. OTOH I don't do that great a job of sewing a button! BM> There are some audio systems where the Line Out is variable. I'm BM> running into this with the occasional computer system. ...I suppose BM> technically all are: one can pull up graphical or command line to BM> control the Line Out level -- just need to figure out how to connect BM> the key or button to it. NB> And I suppose that could be hardware rather than software, but it NB> seems that a lot of connecting seems to be software... ;) I'm thinking both hardware and software. The hardware has to be able to be controlled by the software and the software has to be able to control the hardware plus be controlled. Sort of like a light switch is either on or off: no in-between. A dimmer switch can do the in-betweens. BM>>> From the "Took a Quick Look Department" isn't the motherboard brand BM>>> nor a configuration I did of the OS. NB>>> AIS, I'd think it would be something in the program(s) you are using NB>>> on the computers that do work that allow that sort of control as NB>>> part of the program... BM>> Overall the same: Ubuntu 18.04.3 with MythTV 30. Both inquire with BM>> the hardware to find out what it is and what needs to be installed. NB>> Ok, then... some sort of issue with software somewhere... ;) BM> Well, yes, and I think the earlier paragraph's semi-ramblings gave me BM> an idea of what to do. Might not be the computer system doesn't do it BM> but isn't told how to do it. NB> There I go, giving you a sounding board to bounce off of so that NB> you can figure out your own answers... That's what I need sometimes! :) NB>> ... Time flies when you don't know what you're doing. BM> Yup! I've spent hours trying to figure out what I need to do to figure BM> something out! NB> Of course, it also flies when you do, often as not... It's all relative! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Fixation - a gas station that still repairs cars. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .