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aleho / gnome-shell-volume-mixer

GNOME Shell Extension allowing separate configuration of PulseAudio devices
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/858/volume-mixer/
GNU General Public License v2.0
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No boost settings available #60

Closed UncleGoogle closed 7 years ago

UncleGoogle commented 7 years ago

Hi! I've installed your extension for volume boost feature but actually, there is no such thing. Have you idea why? Need I other software?

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gnome-shell 3.16.4 opensuse leap 42-1 Audio Controllers: Broadwell-U and Wildcat Point-LP High Definition

jacobmischka commented 7 years ago

If you open the extension settings in Gnome Tweak Tool, you can toggle on "Use volume boost". That essentially just makes each volume slider move from 0% to around 153%, so you can use the slider to boost the volume.

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jacobmischka commented 7 years ago

It's worth mentioning that this functionality is directly baked into pulseaudio and its GUI PulseAudio Volume Control, so you don't necessarily need this package to do it, it just makes it more convenient.

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UncleGoogle commented 7 years ago

Thanks!

aleho commented 7 years ago

Please also note that volume boost (and keyboard support for it) are directly related to grabbing keyboard shortcuts, which sadly doesn't work reliably any more for reasons unknown.

To make it work Gnome devs would have to care about input from extension devs, but I never got the impression that they actually did (nobody ever answered my questions).