[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 40949] volume control really suck!

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40949

--- Comment #2 from orb <orble.h at gmail.com> 2011-09-17 11:17:51 PDT ---
/etc/pulse/daemon.conf do have a "flat-volume" option, thx a lot.  :D
this bug should be closed & Sorry to bother you.



On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 5:39 AM, <bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org> wrote:

> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40949
>
> Colin Guthrie <fdo at colin.guthr.ie> changed:
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> --- Comment #1 from Colin Guthrie <fdo at colin.guthr.ie> 2011-09-16 14:39:45
> PDT ---
> Almost certainly a bug in mplayer is setting the initial volume. This was
> the
> case a while back but it's been fixed in mplayer.
>
> Anyway, the fact that mplayer can set the volume loud is a feature of "flat
> volumes". This allows in app volume controls to be absolute. You know that
> if
> the volume in your music app says 60%, then that's what it means. Not 60%
> of
> some value currently assigned to the device it's current playing through.
> It's
> actually much nicer when you think about the whole picture.
>
> But it relies on apps playing nice and letting us handle the volumes and
> not
> request e.g. 100% volume on it's stream at init.
>
>
> And of course it's not to everyone's tastes so you can turn it off in
> /etc/pulse/daemon.conf (see the man page) if you prefer.
>
> With this in mind I think this bug can be closed?
>
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