Using Unimix to Know More About Your Sound Card

If you are using Uniaud as your sound driver under ArcaOS, there is the Unimix command that can help you know more about your sound card.

General Log
Before starting with Unimix you can extract a general information about your sound card adapter with: copy alsahlp$ alsa.log

You can check the log and see which device is recognized on your machine and some general information of the card.  Uniaud32 version 2.02.05-SVN pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking intel8x0 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking via82xx pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking emu10k1 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking cmipci pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking als4000 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking cs4281 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking cs46xx pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking cs5535audio pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking es1938 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking ens1370 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking ymfpci pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking es1968 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking Maestro3 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking ali5451 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking trident pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking nm256 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking fm801 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking atiixp pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking ca0106 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking hda_intel pci_register_driver: matched 0 8086:1c20/40300 with 8086:1c20/0 0 (hda_intel) request_irq: irq 22 pci_register_driver: query_device found d8 8086:1c20 class=40300 checking bt87x 00-00: ALC269VB Analog : ALC269VB Analog : playback 1 : capture 1

OSS32_Initialize: SUCCESS. Cards=1 Init=262/0 Between=0/0 Complete=0/0 U16: Uniaud16 v1.9.7 Midi Open 2 failed with error -19 Midi Open 3 failed with error -19 Couldn't find OPL3 device Init=262/0 Between=2/0 Complete=0/0 U16: WS::ABS InProcess Now=1 Save=3 Init=262/0 Between=2/0 Complete=297/0



Unimix Logs
This page has some comments about using Unimix.

unimix card

 [X:\]unimix card Command line mixer for UNIAUD32. Version 1.1 Detected UNIAUD version 2.02.05 Detected 1 audio adapter(s)  Also unimix -card will provide more detail

unimix -list

 Command line mixer for UNIAUD32. Version 1.1 Detected UNIAUD version 2.02.05 Detected 1 audio adapter(s) Control list for adapter 0

Control ID: 1 Interface: virtual mixer device Device(client): 0, subdevice (substream) 0 Name: [Headphone Playback Volume] Index: 0 Element type: integer type Count of values: 2 Value: Bounds: min: 0, max: 87, step: 0 value 0: 80 value 1: 80

Control ID: 2 .. Name: [Headphone Playback Switch]

Control ID: 3 ... Name: [Speaker Playback Volume]

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Unimix -names

 Command line mixer for UNIAUD32. Version 1.1 Detected UNIAUD version 2.02.05 Detected 1 audio adapter(s) Control list for adapter 0 ID: 1, name: [Headphone Playback Volume] ID: 2, name: [Headphone Playback Switch] ID: 3, name: [Speaker Playback Volume] ID: 4, name: [Speaker Playback Switch] ID: 5, name: [Mic Playback Volume] ID: 6, name: [Mic Playback Switch] ID: 7, name: [Auto-Mute Mode] ID: 8, name: [Capture Volume] ID: 9, name: [Capture Switch] ID: 10, name: [Mic Boost Volume] ID: 11, name: [Internal Mic Boost Volume] ID: 12, name: [Master Playback Volume] ID: 13, name: [Master Playback Switch] ID: 14, name: [Mic Jack] ID: 15, name: [Internal Mic Phantom Jack] ID: 16, name: [Headphone Jack] ID: 17, name: [Speaker Phantom Jack] ID: 18, name: [Playback Channel Map] ID: 19, name: [Capture Channel Map]



Links

 * Uniaud
 * Unimix
 * UNIAUD32.SYS
 * UniAud Frequently Asked Questions