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gstreamer0.10 package

Volume control should change slower when loud and faster when silent

Bug #359740 reported by Bram Bonné
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GStreamer
Fix Released
Wishlist
One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

The gnome volume control (that works with media keys) changes too fast when the volume is almost maxed, and very slowly when the volume is low. This causes the sound to be almost completely silent when the volume bar is halfway.
Since the human ear is sensitive to volume at an logaritmic scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel#Acoustics), the volume control should work accordingly.
Occuring on a Dell Latitude D830, but most likely on most other models.

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Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. In this case you are requesting something that is not necessarily a bug, but can be described best as a wishlist item. I am marking as you. You may want to check out brainstorm.ubuntu.com to submit this idea as well.

affects: ubuntu → hal (Ubuntu)
Changed in hal (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Bram Bonné (brambonne) wrote :

I posted it to brainstorm first, but there they decided it was actually a bug report ;)
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19093/

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Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :

Well, It will help us to determine which package this bug matches best with. Will you please tell me which version of ubuntu you are using. This information can be obtained by typing 'uname -a' in a terminal. Also, information like which sound card you are using will help as well.

affects: hal (Ubuntu) → gnome-alsamixer (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-alsamixer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Bram Bonné (brambonne) wrote :

I'm running Jaunty beta, with kernel 2.6.28-11-generic. But this 'bug' has existed since hardy or so.
My sound card is:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

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Ian Weisser (ian-weisser) wrote :

Non-linear audio control was accepted into Brainstorm: Idea #5314: Better (non-linear) volume control http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5314/

In addition, here's a low-priority Gnome bug on the same topic: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571610

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Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :

Thanks a lot for your upstream link. This puts the bug into traiged status. We look forward to your future bug reports.

affects: gnome-alsamixer (Ubuntu) → gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu)
Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gstreamer:
status: Unknown → New
gsole (gsolesorribes)
Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → New
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Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This should be fixed in Ubuntu 9.04. Thanks for reporting.

Changed in gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gstreamer:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: New → Fix Released
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