Bug#558196: mplayer: Sets volume to 100% for PulseAudio

[Reinhard Tartler]

tags 558196 confirmed
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"Nathan A. Stine" <nathan.stine at gmail.com> writes:

> Package: mplayer
> Version: 1.0~rc3+svn20090405-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> When using the PulseAudio output, mplayer sets the audio output to
> 100%.  For some sound cards this probably isn't a problem, but for my
> emu10k1-based (SB Live!) card, the PCM mixer's 0dB setting corresponds
> to 74%.  Mplayer makes this go to 100%, which gives me a 12dB gain and
> all kinds of clipping and noise because of it.  Totem, Rhythmbox,
> etc. all play nice with PulseAudio.
>
> There is a very simple patch available [1] that has not been accepted
> upstream yet, but I have no clue why it wouldn't be/isn't.

moreover, this has been fixed in ubuntu already:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482408

But, since mplayer is still in NEW, we cannot fix this in debian right
now.

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4