[pulseaudio-discuss] Remembering volume setting for an app

[Jon Smirl]

On 7/30/07, Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 30.07.07 13:23, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> >
> > On 7/30/07, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/30/07, Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 30.07.07 11:32, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have multiple apps using pulse as a mixer. Can I get pulse to
> > > > > remember the volume setting for a specific stream?  For example I
> > > > > commonly have background music playing at a low volume. I can set it
> > > > > to a low volume in VLC but VLC starts clipping the sound at too low of
> > > > > levels. If I set the volume in PulseAudio volume control I don't have
> > > > > trouble with clipping but I don't see anyway to save the volume
> > > > > setting.
> > > > >
> > > > > Shouldn't it remember volume settings stream/device pairs?
> > > >
> > > > If you load module-volume-restore into PA it will automatcially
> > > > save and restore the volume for you.
> > > >
> > > > http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/Modules#module-volume-restore
> > >
> > > It is loaded. Where does it save the settings? Maybe it doesn't have
> > > permission to write.
> >
> > It's remembering the master volume for the device, just not the volume
> > for the stream/device pairs.
>
> That is not true. It stores the volume of each stream, and doesn't
> store volumes of sinks/sources.
>
> You might however have encountered an diffrent issue. Right now, if pa
> connects to X11 pa it will be shut down forcibly by libX11 when the
> session ends and thus it doesn't have time to save the collected
> volume data. And on your next login nothing is going to be restored.

I'm running it under X11 so this may be the case.

> I guess in the long run I have to hook into the X session management
> protocol stuff (XSMP) to be able to save all data before bloody libX11
> wants to kill me. It's a pitty that such a workaround is necessary,
> but yeah, what can I say. It's X11... This is now on my todo
> list. High-priority but not the top item.
>
> Lennart
>
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