[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #586: Volume adjusting via Alsa mixer does weird things

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#586: Volume adjusting via Alsa mixer does weird things
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 Reporter:  inducer  |       Owner:  ossman            
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new               
Milestone:           |   Component:  alsa-plugins-pulse
 Keywords:           |  
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 I'll describe this as a scenario--that's probably easiest:

 1) Surf to http://hyper-metrix.com/misc/jai/ with FF 3.5 to try out
 <audio> hotness.

 2) LOUD BOOM out of my speakers. Turn voume down via keyboard shortcuts
 that execute "amixer set Master 2%-", where I'm using the Pulseaudio ALSA
 control plugin. Ie., this is what's in my `.asoundrc`:

 {{{
 ctl.!default {
     type pulse
 }
 }}}

 3) Track finishes playing, next track starts, with volume back to "LOUD
 BOOM".

 4) Adjust volume using pavucontrol.

 5) Now volume magically stays the same across track change.

 ''Expected Result:'' No loud boom in step 3. Volume stays the same across
 track change, like with pavucontrol.

 ''Obtained result:'' LOUD BOOM. :) The likelihood of this seems to
 increase with the lateness of the night.

 I should also mention that I've seen situations that the volume indicated
 by amixer goes up to values greater than 100%. :)

 Debian bug template for pulseaudio attached.

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