Dear list members, I've been wanting to commit a feature request for a while now, but in order to make sure I address all aspects, I thought I'd drop it on the mailing list first. The hearing of my left ear has been decreased many years, resulting in an overall lower reduced hearing level and a modified frequency response. Normally this isn't a problem, and in a sense it seems that my right ear is mainly processing the sound and my left ear is contributing the spatial component. This however becomes cumbersome when parts of the sound have a strong focus on the left and I'm wearing headphones of some sort. Especially when listening to an interview which is mixed with a right- and left speaker, or listening to mono-recorded video's which only feature sound on the left channel (legacy default), this becomes cumbersome. I either have to switch ear-buds around or start using the laptop speakers. In this regard it would be great if there would be a mono-audio option available via the accessibility menu, which would allow my right ear to take part as well. I have worked with the balance option in the equalizer in the past, but that doesn't result in any cross-feed between the channels. I've searched this topic before and other people have similar questions: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1049371 http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=73429 I could see a benefit for people wanting to use only a single earbud in order to keep one ear available for their surroundings. To be clear, it's an issue that rarely bothers me but if it does it would be great to have a solution available at the click of a button. Is this enough detailed information for a feature request? And how would I be able to contribute in order to make this a reality? Thanks in advance for your advice. Kind regards, Nico Rikken
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