Re: [PATCH] Restore volume in pulseaudio

[Jason W. <ja...@ja...>]

> I would suggest the following for cmus:
> - by default, pass NULL to context_new() and don't allow / display
>   volume when stopped (with appropriate error message when +/- is
>   pressed). flat-volumes is enabled by default also, and setting volume
>   to 100% is just wrong (and possible dangerous to ears) in this case

This gets my vote.

I don't fiddle with the cmus volume. I used pulseaudio's
gnome-volume-control to to make cmus a bit quieter than my speech
synthesizer, then day-to-day, I just use the keys on my keyboard
that are mapped to change the system-wide master volume.

This seems to me like the normal thing to do, though I guess we all
develop our habits independently.

If people think it is important for cmus to show it's personal
volume when it's not playing (and I hope they don't), then I think
cmus should do this by opening up the PA output stream right away
(and keeping it open while stopped.)


Thanks,   - Jason