[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #81: Provide for Mixing N Devices/Streams into One, with Separate Volume Controls

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#81: Provide for Mixing N Devices/Streams into One, with Separate Volume
Controls
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  Reporter:  jrush        |       Owner:  lennart 
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:          
 Component:  daemon       |    Severity:  normal  
Resolution:               |    Keywords:          
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Changes (by jrush):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  invalid =>

Comment:

 1. You can only control the volume of streams once they start playing,
 which can be too late for a loud burst of sound.
 2. As commenter coling says, controlling the volume of streams is very
 difficult for short streams like desktop effects.

 Hence the need for 'virtual' sinks constructed tree-like from actual
 sinks, so they stay around to have their volume tweaked.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/81#comment:3>
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