[pulseaudio-discuss] Slight problem with flat volume logic

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 02/04/09 23:35 did gyre and gimble:
> 'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 02/04/09 23:15 did gyre and gimble:
>> OK, I've not totally sussed this, but the general idea is:
>>
>> 1.  Open pavucontrol
>> 2.  Set h/w volume to 100%
>> 3.  Set "Event Sounds" to 100%
>> 4.  paplay /usr/share/sounds/question.wav
>> 5.  Observe the 100% stream playing.
>> 6.  Repeat step 4/5 a couple times just to be sure :)
>> 7.  canberra-gtk-play -i menu-click
>> 8.  Observe the 100% event sound showing up in the list.
>> 9.  Repeat step 7/8 a couple times just to be sure :)
>> 10. Now set "Event Sounds" to 50%.
>> 11. Repeat step 7/8
>> 12. Observe the 50% event sound. All good.
>> 13. Repeat step 4/5
>> 14. Observe the 50% steam.... hmmm, not good.
>> 15. Observe the 50% h/w volume. Hmmm.
>>
>> Hope these steps help pinpoint the problem in the logic.
> 
> Hmm, I see there may be commits in libcanberra that fix this... testing 
> now.

FWIW, an updated libcanberra made little odds

Col

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