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======= Definition of flat-volumes from [1] : it scales the device-volume with the volume of the "loudest" application. For example, raising the VoIP call volume will raise the hardware volume and adjust the music-player volume so it stays where it was, without having to lower the volume of the music-player manually. ======= Today I had a scary experience with the audio of my computer. I was listening to music with Amarok, using my headphones... The KMix volume level was ~ 35%. When I logged into a video conference application, the volume suddenly reached the 100%. I was shocked, having the maximum audio level shooted in your ears is a painful experience. The conference application that triggered PulseAudio pushing volume to maximum level probably should have never asked the system for a 100% audio level, but on the other hand, PulseAudio should never allow an application to make such sudden changes. To avoid that, you have to set flat-volumes = no in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf I found many users stories complaining about this default setting [2] [3] [4] and you can easily find other by searching "pulseaudio flat volumes". I completely agree with user gaggra comment at [3] <<This is an interesting issue because it is one of the rare times misbehaving software can physically hurt you. You would think that once that was understood, the design of this sort of behaviour would be treated in a very conservative, careful manner.>> So I would like to start a discussion about disabling this default behaviour for the mentioned reasons. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio [2] https://major.io/2015/06/08/pulseaudio-popping-with-multiple-sounds-in-fedora-22/ [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2rjiaa/horrible_decisions_flat_volumes_in_pulseaudio_a/ [4] http://awesomelinux.blogspot.it/2013/06/pulseaudios-dynamic-volume-levels-are.html [5] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264177 |
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