On Sunday, 27 June 2021 10:54:46 BST John Covici wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:52:51 -0400, > > Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I've had this problem for a really long time. I've tried adjusting > > settings in Smplayer to stop it but so far, I have not found the magic > > combination or option to change. I don't have pulseaudio here. Just > > Alsa and friends. > > > > As some know, I use Smplayer to watch TV with. I use the old dying > > Gnome-player to watch other videos on my computer screen and sound > > through computer speakers. I tend to watch fix it videos etc with > > Gnome-player. Anyway, one thing that Smplayer does that annoys me is > > each time it starts a new video, from either a fresh start or next video > > in the playlist, it adjusts the PCM sound level in Kmix. Usually it > > adjusts it down to almost mute. I've seen it adjust down to 6 and even > > 2. Either way, no sound. I've tried every setting in Smplayer and the > > audio section I can find and no matter what, it adjusts the PCM sound > > level in Kmix every single time. It's annoying as heck. I think I've > > looked in every config file that deals with sound. I've removed or > > commented out a lot of volume settings with no change. > > > > Does anyone know if there is a way to tell it to knock it off? It's > > getting so annoying, I'm thinking about abandoning Smplayer. So far, I > > haven't seen any other player do this. That's why I think it is a > > Smplayer setting somewhere. By the way, Smplayer is set to not change > > volume with Kmix or anything else. I adjust the volume on the TV > > itself, with a remote. One woould think that it bypassing sound control > > devices that it would also leave Kmix alone, since it shouldn't even be > > going through it anyway. > > > > Ideas? > > Does the same happen with mpv? I never use mplayer anymore.
Also, does setting the volume with SMplayer itself at a certain level, rather than Kmix, make it stick?
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