[MPlayer-users] Re: Problem with 6 channel AC3 and mplayer volume

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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:30:32 -0400
Sasha Z <kleptophobiac at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, when I mute or set the volume to 0%, I can still hear a little
> bit of output, it isn't actually muted.

It's pretty well-known that mplayer's "mute" isn't true mute.  There
was once a patch to change it, but was never accepted.  Personally, I
just bind a couple keys to run 'aumix' to adjust the volume up/down, and
don't bother with the mplayer mixer.