It is a real pain in the ass on the Mac in my living room. The mini is hooked up to the stereo via SPDIF and for some reason that I have never bothered figuring

It is a real pain in the ass on the Mac in my living room. The mini is hooked up to the stereo via SPDIF and for some reason that I have never bothered figuring out there is no volume control for digital out. For every other application vlc/itunes/etc I can manage the volume. I had to dig the remote out of the coffee table for this talk. Granted it would have been less of an issue without the nasty mic feedback/buzzing from the recording.