Ubuntu
indicator-sound package

Show icon for recording level

Bug #521503 reported by Luca Ferretti
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
The Sound Menu
Fix Released
Wishlist
Conor Curran
indicator-sound (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Conor Curran

Bug Description

Binary package hint: indicator-sound

This is more a feature request, but ideally the previous gnome-volume-control-applet should be able to provide a similar feature (see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VolumeControl )

Basically, when an application is using a sound input (for instance Sound Recorder, or Empathy in audio/video chat, or similar) you should have a microphone icon near the speaker icon to control the input level and mute or unmute it.

This icon should also provide a tooltip with current level (in % and db) and with currently selected input (mic1, USB headset ...). The icon appearance should change according with actual level.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 13 21:49:14 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
Package: indicator-sound 0.1.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT.utf8
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
SourcePackage: indicator-sound
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686

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Luca Ferretti (elle.uca) wrote :
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Daniel K (sinani201) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!

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Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote :

Just as a side note, this should control the *default* audio input source. While it's perfectly possible to have multiple simultaneous streams in pulse (e.g. headset mic feeding empathy AND input jack capturing from handheld recorder to disc store), this level of functionality would simply be confusing as an indicator, and most users will be very satisfied by being able to adjust the default input (or mute it quickly and easily).

Changed in indicator-sound (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Luca Ferretti (elle.uca) wrote :

Emmet, yes, of course the icon should drive only the default input, as well as the current one drives the default output.

A question: should I've to raise an idea on brainstorm.ubuntu.com too?

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Conor Curran (cjcurran) wrote :

Guys does the current VOIP handling plus what is planned here
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/736049
cater for your needs ?

I think it should ...

And yes both input and output always use the default device so as G-V-C provides the ability for the user to swap easily.

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Conor Curran (cjcurran) wrote :

Fixed earlier in the cycle.

Changed in indicator-sound (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
assignee: nobody → Conor Curran (cjcurran)
Changed in indicator-sound:
status: New → Fix Released
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
assignee: nobody → Conor Curran (cjcurran)
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