hi I don't know, but if there's not, I'll go file one and post the link here. Thanks Kendell clark On 09/21/2015 02:45 PM, Thomas Daede wrote: > 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
