[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #763: PulseAudioStoleMyVolumes

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#763: PulseAudioStoleMyVolumes
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  Reporter:  liette     |       Owner:  Pulse Audio Staff
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  closed           
 Milestone:             |   Component:  core             
Resolution:  elsewhere  |    Keywords:                   
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Changes (by coling):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => elsewhere


Comment:

 It is in no way equal to a graphical equaliser with one slider.

 Surround sounds are handled by separate sliders but we merge that into one
 in most GUIs but allow a split version where appropriate. It's still one
 control with proper channel names, but it all makes sense. Why are there
 Master & PCM controls. 99% of users don't care, they just fiddle with both
 until something works. This is a total mess and it's broken. The PA
 approach fixes things. Additionally, all of the high end amps I've owned
 in my life use a db scale when changing volume.

 If your volume is changing too much with a small change in a pavucontrol
 slider then the db information exposed by your audio driver is buggy and
 should be fixed. Please report this to ALSA devs. For me on my h/w the
 slider is smooth and volume increments very nicely to my ears.

 This report is not so much worded like a bug report but more of a
 discussion. If you want to discuss things, please do so through the
 appropriate channel (i.e. the mailing list) rather than through a bug
 tracking system.

 I'll close this as elsewhere for now (as I suspect your problem is invalid
 db info from your alsa drivers.

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