On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 01:35:20PM +0100, Michael wrote: > Haines, > > > I'm running Jessie on a Thinkpad x250. When playing a DVD, I find the > > speaker volume lower than I like and headphone at an intolerable high > > level. If I bring volume down with pavucontrol or with the keyboard > > volume controls, it is too low in the speakers. How do I increase > > speaker volume while decreasing heatphone volume? > > > > Haines Brown >
> You can try alsamixergui (or any other alsa mixer) and hopefully see > separate channels for those two (it's probably a long list of > channels, scroll left and rught!). I'm not sure if the alsa settings > are preserved to next boot but there should be support for this in the > OS. I was going to reply to the thread my discovery that the main problem was my super-sensitive Sony ear buds. When I used another set, the earphone volume was similar to that of the speakers. Headphone is muted in alsamixer.
