[Novalug] How to make system bell/beep louder

Mike Shade mshade@mshade.org
Wed Jan 16 17:42:33 EST 2008


Jim,

Why not just set Grip to eject the CD when done - then you get a 
physical cue as well.

http://nostatic.org/grip/doc/ar01s04.html

-- Mike

Jim Ide wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I am using Grip to rip music CDs.  There is an option that
> instructs Grip to beep when it has finished ripping a CD.
> The source code is:
>
> src/rip.c:    if(ginfo->beep_after_rip) printf("%c%c",7,7);
>
> As you can see, Grip is printf-ing the bell character (ascii 7).
>
> The problem is that, on my computer (Ubuntu 7.10), the bell is
> very quiet, barely louder than the fan.  The goal is for the
> computer to have a much louder bell, or for it to somehow make
> a loud noise (maybe play an .mp3?) when the CD is done.
>
> Is there a simple and easy way to make the beep louder from
> outside Grip?
>
> Please note: I do NOT want mess around with recompiling Grip.
>
> Thanks -
> Jim
>
>
>
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