Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] A Christmas wish-list

[Benjamin Otte <in7y118 public uni-hamburg de>]

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Gisli Ottarsson wrote:

> 3) What is the deal with the local volume control?  Am I missing
> something?  Last night I wanted to turn the volume up the max. I
> had to raise the volume in three places, in RB, in PCM and the
> master volume.  Is this a gstreamer thing?  Could the volume
> control on RB be wired to PCM or Master.  If there are aspirations
> to play CDs it should probably be the Master volume.
>
Local volume should be controlled in an app. Master volume should be
controlled by the system. (Needing to use master vs PCM is a bug
obiously).
The reason for this is that you might have different applications use
different volume levels. Imagine talking to someone via GnomeMeeting
or play a game while listening to Rhythmbox in the background. In that
case you'd have to change Rb's volume only and not just the master volume.


Benjamin