Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1,v
retrieving revision 1.717
diff -u -r1.717 mplayer.1
--- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	12 Sep 2004 22:43:17 -0000	1.717
+++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	14 Sep 2004 14:04:08 -0000
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@
 For ALSA this is the mixer name.
 .
 .TP
-.B \-mixer-channel <mixer line> (\-ao oss and \-ao alsa only)
+.B \-mixer-channel <mixer line>[,mixer index] (\-ao oss and \-ao alsa only)
 This option will tell MPlayer to use a different channel for controlling
 volume than the default PCM.
 Options for OSS include
@@ -1674,6 +1674,11 @@
 /usr/\:include/\:linux/\:soundcard.h.
 For ALSA you can use the names e.g.\& alsamixer displays, like
 .B Master, Line, PCM.
+.br
+.I NOTE:  
+ALSA mixer channel names followed by a number must be specified in the <name,number>
+format, i.e. a channel labled 'PCM 1' in alsamixer must be converted to
+.B PCM,1.
 .
 .TP
 .B \-nowaveheader (\-ao pcm only)
Index: libao2/ao_alsa.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/libao2/ao_alsa.c,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 ao_alsa.c
--- libao2/ao_alsa.c	30 Jul 2004 16:15:05 -0000	1.7
+++ libao2/ao_alsa.c	14 Sep 2004 14:04:16 -0000
@@ -101,12 +101,30 @@
 
       static char *mix_name = "PCM";
       static char *card = "default";
+      static char *parsed_mixer_channel;
+      static int mix_index;
 
       long pmin, pmax;
       long get_vol, set_vol;
       float f_multi;
 
-      if(mixer_channel) mix_name = mixer_channel;
+      if(mixer_channel){
+	 char *test_mix_index;
+
+	 parsed_mixer_channel = strdup(mixer_channel);
+	 mix_name = strcpy(parsed_mixer_channel, mixer_channel);
+
+	 if (test_mix_index = strchr(mix_name, ',')){
+		*test_mix_index = 0;
+		test_mix_index++ ;
+		mix_index = strtol(test_mix_index, &test_mix_index, 0);
+
+		if (*test_mix_index){
+		  mp_msg(MSGT_AO,MSGL_ERR,"alsa-control: invalid mixer index. Defaulting to 0\n");
+		  mix_index = 0 ;
+		}
+	 }
+      }
       if(mixer_device) card = mixer_device;
 
       if(ao_data.format == AFMT_AC3)
@@ -114,11 +132,13 @@
 
       //allocate simple id
       snd_mixer_selem_id_alloca(&sid);
-	
+
       //sets simple-mixer index and name
-      snd_mixer_selem_id_set_index(sid, 0);
+      snd_mixer_selem_id_set_index(sid, mix_index);
       snd_mixer_selem_id_set_name(sid, mix_name);
 
+      if (mixer_channel) free(parsed_mixer_channel);
+
       if ((err = snd_mixer_open(&handle, 0)) < 0) {
 	mp_msg(MSGT_AO,MSGL_ERR,"alsa-control: mixer open error: %s\n", snd_strerror(err));
 	return CONTROL_ERROR;