[pulseaudio-discuss] volume control of a playback stream ...

[cal]

Colin Guthrie wrote:
> cal wrote:
>> As far as I can tell, you can set the volume of a stream when you set it up, but 
>> once it's in play so to speak, you can't change the per channel volume on the 
>> fly. Does that seem right, or am I missing something?
> 
> What do you mean "When you set it up"? pavucontrol can change the volume 
> of any running stream - or are you talking about from an API level? 
> Regardless you can change the volume of a running stream no problem.
> 
> The tricky bit is trying to catch a stream that is very short - like 
> sound events. To adjust their volume is pretty tricky!
> 
> This limitation is being addressed tho'. (AFAIK).

Thanks, I did mean from the API level. If it's possible to do it, then
I'll figure it out, so thanks for that. I figured it had to be possible.

cheers, Cal