[pulseaudio-discuss] Per-app flat volume adjustment is highly unintuitive, if mathematically consistent.

[Finn Thain]

On Wed, 27 May 2009, Lennart Poettering wrote:

> You are misunderstanding the flat volume logic.

Probably.

But since attenuator knobs don't tweak each other (rather I am in 
control), I think you can read what I wrote as arguing against flat volume 
logic, on the grounds of intuitive behaviour.

Finn

> In flat vol the hardware volume is always configured to the *maxmimum* 
> of all stream volumes. And if the streams have different volumes then 
> some of them will be attenuated digitally, *nothing* will be amplified 
> digitally.
> 
> So, if someone wants playback of exactly one stream a bit louder, then 
> this will have the effect that the output device volume will be 
> increased and digital attenuation happens for all other streams.
> 
> Which seems to be exactly hat you are asking for, which in turn makes me 
> wonder what your mail is actually about?
> 
> Lennart
> 
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