Re: XMMS/ALSA - how to get mono output?

[tim hall <tech@glastonburymusic.org.uk>]

Last Sunday 22 August 2004 21:48, Shot was like:
> I found out lately that something bad happened to the left speaker of
> my laptop, so I'm trying to make XMMS output mono for the time being.
> Unfortunately, I can't find the relevant option (neither in XMMS's
> setting, nor in ALSA's; Google's all about the reverse problem). How
> can I set ALSA (preferably) or XMMS to output mono instead of stereo?
>
> I'm using the following package versions (sid's newest):
> xmms 1.2.10-1, alsa-base 1.0.5a-2, alsa-utils 1.0.5-3.

Depending on your soundcard you should be able to achieve this using a mixer 
utility. alsamixergui mentions the word 'mono' on a couple of the sliders. 
Whether this actually does anything useful is another matter. Also worth 
trying gamix or the GNOME mixer if you have it on board.

cheers

tim hall