On Tue, 06.10.09 07:03, Sean McNamara (smcnam at gmail.com) wrote: > > Hello, > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Nasa <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am having some issues with volume being set to 100% everytime I start mplayer. ?Basically what happens is I start application (mplayer) which is set initially at 100% (blowing my ears out :} ), I use my remote (via usb-uirt and lirc) to reduce the volume to something reasonable and after a little bit of listening I shutdown the system. ?Upon restarting the system and starting the application, the volume is once again set to 100% -- until I use the remote, once I hit the down volume button (which is set to 5) volume adjust to (what seems like) slightly less than what I had it before. ?It looks like the volume is being set to 5 below the last volume setting. ?Is there any way to have the volume reset to the appropriate level, before mplayer starts playing? ?Thanks > > > > Nasa > > I would be very interested in hearing of a way to fix this without the > workaround I'm about to suggest, but the first thing I do when I > install pulseaudio (or a distro using it) is to disable flat volumes, > which is the feature that seems to cause this. It's an option in > daemon.conf. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just user error on your > part (as well as mine), but I don't appreciate PA messing with my ALSA > mixer controls at all. Disabling flat volumes seems to restore the > older behavior of not messing with them, like how it was in e.g. PA > 0.9.10. I can then set my ALSA mixer to listenable volumes, and still > adjust PA stream volumes relative to one another. Does disabling flat > volumes help with your issue too, or am I misunderstanding your > issue? You probably are, as you at least are misunderstanding the flat vols... > There might be a more robust or correct way of fixing this while > keeping flat volumes enabled; hopefully someone will explain it here. > If they do, I will add this to the FAQ on the PA wiki. I'd appreciate if you'd keep anti-PA FUD out of the FAQ. Thanks. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
