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2 Standard ALSA Control Names 2 Standard ALSA Control Names
3 =========================== 3 ===========================
4 4
5 This document describes standard names of mixe 5 This document describes standard names of mixer controls.
6 6
7 Standard Syntax 7 Standard Syntax
8 --------------- 8 ---------------
9 Syntax: [LOCATION] SOURCE [CHANNEL] [DIRECTION 9 Syntax: [LOCATION] SOURCE [CHANNEL] [DIRECTION] FUNCTION
10 10
11 11
12 DIRECTION 12 DIRECTION
13 ~~~~~~~~~ 13 ~~~~~~~~~
14 ================ =============== 14 ================ ===============
15 <nothing> both directions 15 <nothing> both directions
16 Playback one direction 16 Playback one direction
17 Capture one direction 17 Capture one direction
18 Bypass Playback one direction 18 Bypass Playback one direction
19 Bypass Capture one direction 19 Bypass Capture one direction
20 ================ =============== 20 ================ ===============
21 21
22 FUNCTION 22 FUNCTION
23 ~~~~~~~~ 23 ~~~~~~~~
24 ======== ============================== 24 ======== =================================
25 Switch on/off switch 25 Switch on/off switch
26 Volume amplifier 26 Volume amplifier
27 Route route control, hardware specif 27 Route route control, hardware specific
28 ======== ============================== 28 ======== =================================
29 29
30 CHANNEL 30 CHANNEL
31 ~~~~~~~ 31 ~~~~~~~
32 ============ ============================== 32 ============ ==================================================
33 <nothing> channel independent, or applie 33 <nothing> channel independent, or applies to all channels
34 Front front left/right channels 34 Front front left/right channels
35 Surround rear left/right in 4.0/5.1 sur 35 Surround rear left/right in 4.0/5.1 surround
36 CLFE C/LFE channels 36 CLFE C/LFE channels
37 Center center channel 37 Center center channel
38 LFE LFE channel 38 LFE LFE channel
39 Side side left/right for 7.1 surrou 39 Side side left/right for 7.1 surround
40 ============ ============================== 40 ============ ==================================================
41 41
42 LOCATION (Physical location of source) 42 LOCATION (Physical location of source)
43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
44 ============ ===================== 44 ============ =====================
45 Front front position 45 Front front position
46 Rear rear position 46 Rear rear position
47 Dock on docking station 47 Dock on docking station
48 Internal internal 48 Internal internal
49 ============ ===================== 49 ============ =====================
50 50
51 SOURCE 51 SOURCE
52 ~~~~~~ 52 ~~~~~~
53 =================== ====================== 53 =================== =================================================
54 Master 54 Master
55 Master Mono 55 Master Mono
56 Hardware Master 56 Hardware Master
57 Speaker internal speaker 57 Speaker internal speaker
58 Bass Speaker internal LFE speaker 58 Bass Speaker internal LFE speaker
59 Headphone 59 Headphone
60 Line Out 60 Line Out
61 Beep beep generator 61 Beep beep generator
62 Phone 62 Phone
63 Phone Input 63 Phone Input
64 Phone Output 64 Phone Output
65 Synth 65 Synth
66 FM 66 FM
67 Mic 67 Mic
68 Headset Mic mic part of combined h 68 Headset Mic mic part of combined headset jack - 4-pin
69 headphone + mic 69 headphone + mic
70 Headphone Mic mic part of either/or 70 Headphone Mic mic part of either/or - 3-pin headphone or mic
71 Line input only, use "Line 71 Line input only, use "Line Out" for output
72 CD 72 CD
73 Video 73 Video
74 Zoom Video 74 Zoom Video
75 Aux 75 Aux
76 PCM 76 PCM
77 PCM Pan 77 PCM Pan
78 Loopback 78 Loopback
79 Analog Loopback D/A -> A/D loopback 79 Analog Loopback D/A -> A/D loopback
80 Digital Loopback playback -> capture lo 80 Digital Loopback playback -> capture loopback -
81 without analog path 81 without analog path
82 Mono 82 Mono
83 Mono Output 83 Mono Output
84 Multi 84 Multi
85 ADC 85 ADC
86 Wave 86 Wave
87 Music 87 Music
88 I2S 88 I2S
89 IEC958 89 IEC958
90 HDMI 90 HDMI
91 SPDIF output only 91 SPDIF output only
92 SPDIF In 92 SPDIF In
93 Digital In 93 Digital In
94 HDMI/DP either HDMI or Display 94 HDMI/DP either HDMI or DisplayPort
95 =================== ====================== 95 =================== =================================================
96 96
97 Exceptions (deprecated) 97 Exceptions (deprecated)
98 ----------------------- 98 -----------------------
99 99
100 ===================================== ====== 100 ===================================== =======================
101 [Analogue|Digital] Capture Source 101 [Analogue|Digital] Capture Source
102 [Analogue|Digital] Capture Switch aka in 102 [Analogue|Digital] Capture Switch aka input gain switch
103 [Analogue|Digital] Capture Volume aka in 103 [Analogue|Digital] Capture Volume aka input gain volume
104 [Analogue|Digital] Playback Switch aka ou 104 [Analogue|Digital] Playback Switch aka output gain switch
105 [Analogue|Digital] Playback Volume aka ou 105 [Analogue|Digital] Playback Volume aka output gain volume
106 Tone Control - Switch 106 Tone Control - Switch
107 Tone Control - Bass 107 Tone Control - Bass
108 Tone Control - Treble 108 Tone Control - Treble
109 3D Control - Switch 109 3D Control - Switch
110 3D Control - Center 110 3D Control - Center
111 3D Control - Depth 111 3D Control - Depth
112 3D Control - Wide 112 3D Control - Wide
113 3D Control - Space 113 3D Control - Space
114 3D Control - Level 114 3D Control - Level
115 Mic Boost [(?dB)] 115 Mic Boost [(?dB)]
116 ===================================== ====== 116 ===================================== =======================
117 117
118 PCM interface 118 PCM interface
119 ------------- 119 -------------
120 120
121 =================== ====================== 121 =================== ========================================
122 Sample Clock Source { "Word", "Internal", 122 Sample Clock Source { "Word", "Internal", "AutoSync" }
123 Clock Sync Status { "Lock", "Sync", "No 123 Clock Sync Status { "Lock", "Sync", "No Lock" }
124 External Rate external capture rate 124 External Rate external capture rate
125 Capture Rate capture rate taken fro 125 Capture Rate capture rate taken from external source
126 =================== ====================== 126 =================== ========================================
127 127
128 IEC958 (S/PDIF) interface 128 IEC958 (S/PDIF) interface
129 ------------------------- 129 -------------------------
130 130
131 ============================================ 131 ============================================ ======================================
132 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Switch 132 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Switch turn on/off the IEC958 interface
133 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Volume 133 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Volume digital volume control
134 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Default 134 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Default default or global value - read/write
135 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Mask 135 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Mask consumer and professional mask
136 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Con Mask 136 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Con Mask consumer mask
137 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Pro Mask 137 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Pro Mask professional mask
138 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] PCM Stream 138 IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] PCM Stream the settings assigned to a PCM stream
139 IEC958 Q-subcode [Playback|Capture] Default 139 IEC958 Q-subcode [Playback|Capture] Default Q-subcode bits
140 140
141 IEC958 Preamble [Playback|Capture] Default 141 IEC958 Preamble [Playback|Capture] Default burst preamble words (4*16bits)
142 ============================================ 142 ============================================ ======================================
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