Subj : PING Question To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jan 29 2020 08:42:00 Hi Nancy! 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... :) BM> Um, yes. Sometimes hard to remember what seems extremely simple to me BM> isn't for others. OTOH I don't do that great a job of sewing a BM> button! NB> We all have our different competencies.... :) Yes. Combination of practice and caring. Well, I do care: would prefer it look nice but also have the tendency to oversew: you're not coming off again! 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... ;) BM> I'm thinking both hardware and software. The hardware has to be able BM> to be controlled by the software and the software has to be able to BM> control the hardware plus be controlled. Sort of like a light switch BM> is either on or off: no in-between. A dimmer switch can do the BM> in-betweens. NB> True. 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... BM> That's what I need sometimes! :) NB> And I seem to have a knack of facilitating... :) And I've also found sometimes the having to explain the details to someone unfamiliar -- not necessarily the technical details but sometimes just the generic physical set up -- makes me think differently and opens up a different thought path. 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... BM> It's all relative! NB> Indeed. :) Or just trying to figure out what the problem is called: "vibration, shaking" of the picture (video) is generally called 'jutter' or sometimes 'jitter' - both words I don't normally use. NB> ... Computer malfunction; there's a nut loose in the operator's NB> chair. Time for a screwdriver -- Phillips? Staight-edge? No! Orange juice and vodka! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Don't void warranty by removing screws -- open with hacksaw instead. --- 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) .