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peol · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-31, 20:28 by davilla.)

Is it possible to disable/remap this functionality? I find it extremely annoying that I can't control my system audio anymore (having to cmd+tab just to do that), especially when + / - are so close...

I couldn't find any info on the wiki and I tried looking at the github history but couldn't find any other related commits after this: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/2a07...aa48e42f2e

Cheers,
Andrée

**Memphiz** · 2013-01-30, 09:24

Well the commit you picked up is the right one. Its really hard to predict what annoys users. Sry that this commit/changd annoys you but we did it to sync up with other platfroms where the volume control got into xbmcs hand aswell.

The thinking is - adapt the os volume to the max you wanna have and let xbmc use the range from mute to os volume.

So for frodo you have to take it - maybe i'm kicking some internal discussion on how to handle it (but it doesn't matter how we do this - there will be users who are getting annoyed by our decisions...).

peol · 2013-01-30, 10:15

@Memphiz: No worries, I didn't mean to sound "complainy", it just felt odd to change the behavior so radically without an "escape route" this close to the release. I guess I'll have to survive Smile

askoeho · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-31, 13:08 by askoeho.)

I also liked that XBMC did not steal the HW volume buttons.

Quote:The thinking is - adapt the os volume to the max you wanna have and let xbmc use the range from mute to os volume.

If I max up my laptop's volume before starting XBMC I will get all system sounds VERY LOUD from the speaker (for example if a mail is received).

+1 for having a possibility to disable this feature.

ConfusedTA · 2013-01-31, 16:23

I see there are two options here:

1) XBMC takes control of volume commands
2) XBMC lets the OS take control of volume commands

Could both be implemented, and added as an option in the settings, somewhere?

davilla · 2013-01-31, 20:32

Yea, and while we are at it, lets add another dozen settings to GUI settings and make this even more confusing to setup.

**Memphiz** · 2013-01-31, 21:24

Bah - i hate you all ... *leaves the building ...*

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2013-01-31, 23:28

Make it just for media keys and put the settings in Input Devices. There's almost nothing there. Default to XBMC uses media volume keys.

**Memphiz** · 2013-02-01, 00:19

settings are so annoying to change - but yeah will do ... at some point i feel like doing this slave work Wink

davilla · 2013-02-01, 04:12

(2013-01-31, 21:24)Memphiz Wrote: Bah - i hate you all ... *leaves the building ...*

Come back Elvis Smile

jmarshall · 2013-02-01, 05:42

What actually happens when these keys are pressed? Is it keymappable?

**Memphiz** · 2013-02-01, 11:06

See https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...SDLMain.mm line 445.

We intercept the OS notifications and map it to a virtual key.

seals · 2013-02-02, 16:50

Thanks for considering adding this setting...I watch xbmc on my laptop, and now I need to hit \ to make xbmc not full screen, switch to a different app, change the volume, then switch back to xbmc and maximize Smile

**Memphiz** · 2013-02-02, 19:58

Shortcut - you should be able to Switch Apps without making xbmc windowed (apple+tab - Volume change - apple +Tab) - Even "Show Desktop" might work F11

HannahPearl · 2013-02-04, 03:58

I spent my day futzing around with this, and I totally (and unexpectedly) SOLVED IT for myself. See this commit and my comments to it: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/6bb5...nt-2551872. You'll have to compile your own XBMC code, but that's not hard. If you're on a Mac, the directions are right here: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/Frodo/docs/README.osx

I can't tell you how excited I was when I hit the Volume Up button and heard that little system-wide chirp. Success!