#532 Low volume when equalizer enabled

[Carlos Y.]

Hello aTunes Team:

Whenever I enable the equalizer, the playback volume reduces significantly (affects aTunes only, other apps and players in the OS remain loud). If I disable the equalizer, the aTunes volume returns to normal levels.

Environment:
+ aTunes v3.0.9
+ Ubuntu 64-AMD 12.04.02 LTS (experienced same issue on Ubuntu 11.04 64-AMD)
+ OS has all the latest updates
+ Roland Cakewalk UA-1G USB external Audio card

Thank you for the awesome work!

[fleax]

I'm afraid this problem is related to mplayer implementation of equalizer, and it's a known issue. Also other users complain that when using equalizer sound is too bad, but this issue seems have been fixed by mplayer team.

I have some plans to introduce an alternative to mplayer, but are for long-term, so best option right now is to not use equalizer, sorry.