Is there currently a bug open for this? I'd rather it not get lost. On 09/17/2015 11:59 AM, Germano Massullo wrote: > ======= > 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.>> > > Moreover this default setting can cause sound crackling [5]. > > 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 > > -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
