darrenyeats wrote: > Fixing client volume to 100 disables the attenuation on the client, > however, the server-side volume can still be adjusted (it simply will > not be pushed to client). > > But any time you reset the volume from the client end, the client pushes > its volume (100) to the server. Same goes for system boot up. This is > why client volume controls must be avoided. Also this is why VolumeLock > plugin must be used - it near-instantly reduces to the set limit the > server volume (but not the client volume which is always 100). > > The gain adjustment is achieved by adding to the Perl code for > convert.conf a new capability, 'G', to control sox gain value. Also, > convert.conf has to use the capability correctly. This is why volume is > applied on new track, prev/next track and skipping in the track this > is when convert.conf is reapplied (tokenized) in the code. > > The capability G can be added for other codecs and even in other > 'convert.conf's, I think. Have a look at the convert.conf to get the > idea. > > I developed the changes by soft linking from my LMS install into my git > clone of the slimserver repo. There was no tag for 7.7.6 though by my > reckoning the commit for 7.7.6 (or near enough) was 1269a64. I branched > from there. So I can I patch these changes to other branches. I could > even put in a pull request to the project but a hack in this form is in > no fit state for that. > > Anybody got a better idea? Or does a developer want to take the idea and > re-code something that's less of a hack? In my defense, I'm not a > developer (though I know Perl). And I'm too busy. > > Regards, > Darren Interesting idea Darren. Does the native LMS volume control not dither? Will this work for any LMS platform (eg QNAP). Could you produce a version for 7.9. I'm guessing that most people are on that these days.
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