https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398448
Bug ID: 398448
Summary: Independent Device and Application Volume Controls
Product: Phonon
Version: 4.10.0
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: KDE platform plugin
Assignee: sit...@kde.org
Reporter: fred_we...@charter.net
CC: myr...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 4.8
Independent Device and Application volume controls are confusing and limiting.
- System Tray Audio and/or keyboard volume control adjusts only the Device
Output and not the Application Playback volume.
- Applications (Amarok, Clementine, Cantata/MPD, Chrome, etc.) adjust only the
Application Playback volume and not the Device volume.
The problem...
KDE system audio (for example) Outputs to the Device, which is generally set to
a comfortably low volume. Applications must then be set to 100% just to play at
that same volume. However, client controllers such as KDEConnect control only
the Application Playback volume, which is already at 100%. Thus, one cannot use
the application to increase the Application volume to a preferred level, which
is being limited by the lower Device volume.
Reversing the volumes gives greater control to applications, but blasts system
audio.
Why not a single volume control, which is what I suspect the end-users truly
expect and assume.
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