On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 15:24 +0200, David Henningsson wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question regarding the not yet merged source-output-volume branch. > > Imagine a VOIP application (e g Skype) automatically adjusting input > volume to get maximum quality on the input signal. We of course want > that to affect hw volume. With the new branch, will flat-volumes=yes be > a requirement for that to happen? I believe so. But if it does automatic adjustment of the stream volume while flat volume is used, then it may also automatically change (push up) the user-visible source reference volume. Any automated messing with the stream volume is a bad idea with playback streams, but maybe it's acceptable with record streams. However, I think if the stream volume adjustment can cause changes in the source reference volume, Skype could as well just tweak the source volume directly - it's not a significantly bigger sin. Then it wouldn't have to worry about the flat volume setting at all. -- Tanu
