On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:59:55 +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: > Amadeus W.M. <amadeus84 <at> verizon.net> writes: > >> When I play any file mplayer always starts with the volume at 100%. The >> volume does work, I can lower it during the playback, but it's >> deafening upon start up. I haven't disabled yet pulseaudio and it may >> very well be a pulseaudio problem > > Here is a patch (the alternative is to disable pulse): > http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2009- December/063096.html > The following message contains related comments. > > Carl Eugen Thank you for the patch. I believe more and more that it's a a pulseaudio problem, because any audio application seems to have the same behavior. I guess I should ask on the pulseaudio list.
