pulseaudio / change stream volume not output device volume

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. conf pulseaudio to do "flat-volumes = no" in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
2. start gnome-mplayer
3. change volume via speaker icon in the "Controls" bar

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
just the individual stream volume should change...
instead the device volume changes...

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
GNOME MPlayer v1.0.6
gmtk v1.0.7a1
Running with GIO support
Using audio device: PulseAudio
The volume on 'PulseAudio' is 0.562485
Fedora core 17 (kernel: 3.4.6-2.fc17.x86_64)

Please provide any additional information below.
The initial stream volume is 1.0...
workaround: I can do what i want via pavucontrol...
but it would be easier if gnome-mplayer could do it 2 :-)
thx
-arne

Original issue reported on code.google.com by i...@wgboome.org on 21 Sep 2012 at 6:16

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Interesting, I use Fedora 17 as well and when I change the volume in 
gnome-shell it changes in gnome-mplayer. Also, I noticed you are running 
mismatching versions of gnome-mplayer and gmtk, I would recommend that you 
upgrade both to the same level. 

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 21 Sep 2012 at 12:46

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ohoh
i dont use gnome-shell... :-)
it is waaaaaaaay toooooooo different... :-) me = old... *lol*

i conf-ed my pulseaudio a little non-standard:
i can change the stream volume above the device volume...
e. g. output device has 50% but the stream has 150%, which results in 75% 
(50%*150%) on the output device, while the other streams still have their 50% 
(50%*100%), which is good when a movie is too silent...

but i like the workaround 2...
i just thought it might be a typo in the code or so...

i fixed that version prob:
> gnome-mplayer -v
GNOME MPlayer v1.0.6
gmtk v1.0.6

Original comment by i...@wgboome.org on 21 Sep 2012 at 4:41

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You can always enable "softvol" in gnome-mplayer and then gnome-mplayer volume 
becomes independent of the system volume.

If you compile your own GMTK, make sure it compiles with pulseaudio support. 
Otherwise it may act weird on a system with pulse. Also the 1.0.7 code works a 
little better with obtaining the initial volume from pulse.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 21 Sep 2012 at 4:58

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ok
softvol would be good 2...
but it uses mplayer's softvol and not pulseaudio's stream volume...

thx...

bye
Arne

Original comment by i...@wgboome.org on 22 Sep 2012 at 5:49