[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 553210] New: OSS4 mixer reports incorrect volume percent

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-bad | Ver: 0.10.x
           Summary: OSS4 mixer reports incorrect volume percent
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-bad
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: rhollencamp at gmail.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: 2.21/2.22
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
When using OSS4 (tried both stable and 4.1RC), GNOME's volume applet reports
the volume of vmix0-vol (the master channel) to be something like 4769%. You
can't use the mixer to set the volume to anything other than full and 0.

Workarounds are to use ALSA or OSS4's mixer (ossmix & ossxmix), but it would be
nice if I could use OSS4 (which works better for my soundcard than ALSA) and
have my multimedia keys & gnome audio OSD work.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install OSS4
2. Set GNOME's audio to go through OSS
3. Check the volume of the master channel


Actual results:
volume is reported as a large percentage (>100%), and you can't use the mixer
to set the volume to anything but full or 0

Expected results:
you get a percentage from 0-100%, and you can set the volume to whatever you
want in between

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:


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