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How to set system volume rather than XBMC amplification ? - User 49598 - 2009-11-17 Hi guys The question in short: Is there a way to make XBMC set the Master pulseaudio volume, rather than it's own internal volume ? The story so far: I'm trying to setup a living room media center. Acually, I'm quite done, that's great, and XBMC is the true heart of it. Now, I'm facing the last rough corner I'd like to smooth: I want to regulate, via lirc remote, my system-wide volume. Done. Works. But I have a problem: - XBMC has it's own (de)amplification settings which get regulated when changing volume. So I disabled every occourring XBMC VolumeUp/Down from the xml kemap. This way, XBMC own volume is not touched, and the system-wide volume gets regulated... but with no visual feedback. - No system (Ubuntu, so I'm talking about notify-osd) notifications are displayed on top of XBMC So I think the solution for me would be make XBMC change the system-wide Master Pulseaudio volume rather than it's own. Is there a switch, a way to do so ? This way I could re-enable things in xml keymap, and still get beautiful, skin integrated OSD when changing system volume within XBMC. Thanks for any hint ! - enkil - 2009-11-17 This is what I did: http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=282930&postcount=5 You don't get any visual feedback on the mixer levels though - User 49598 - 2009-11-17 Yes, that's almost the same I did myself Still, screen notification is important to me. Cause notify-osd can't display the notification on top of XBMC, I'm looking to let XBMC set system volume, then I'd rely on XBMC osd volume. Is there a way ? - spiff - 2009-11-17 write the necessary code.. - User 49598 - 2009-11-17 spiff Wrote:write the necessary code.. I fear that's quite out of my actual abilities. Don't get me wrong, I partecipate to XBMC and skins and scrapers development being an early adopter and giving feedback... but coding is not really my job thank you anyway. At least now I know it can't be done, and I won't spend anymore time trying to found a way to. - lcapriotti - 2009-11-18 what's the problem with setting the system volume at max once and play with (de) amplification at XBMC level? - User 49598 - 2009-11-18 system-wide volume is important to me for watching streaming video (which, AFAIK is not yet supported in XBMC), ant it have to be moving. What happens when I change the system volume, let's say to 30% ... then my wife starts xbmc ... and, no matter what, "volume" can't get high enough ? It's just a matter of simplicity. I've to find the best one. My best bet was to always rely on the system volume (and make xbmc change it). - elpirata - 2009-11-24 I'm having this same issue, well, is not that its really an issue, just a nice feature. ATM I'm forced to use this PC for both HTPC and normal usage, so, having the system volume set to 100% and control volume from within XBMC.... is sort of bad, but I just have to remember to set the volume to 100 before loading XBMC and then return the volume down before I shut off the system... otherwise... imagine the welcome sound played at 100% Full power over the Home Theather ELP |