gnome-volume-control : master volume slider always displays "100%"

[Trouilliez vincent]

Binary package hint: gnome-media

Just switched from Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.10, I notice that the simple GUI to adjust volumes has disappeared, now we have to use the full blown, tabbed sound preferences UI in order to adjust volumes, what a bloat :-(

Anyway, trying to get used to it, I noticed some problems :

- the main/master slider at the top of the UI, always reads "100%", no matter where the slider is. Left, middle, right.. it just reads "100%" no matter what.

- The new panel applet sees some regression too: using the mouse wheel on it to adjust volume, doesn't display the % any more, which I found rather practical to adjust volume quickly and accurately in a hurry. Without any indication, it's now a hit and miss thing, so it forces me to click on the applet to display the slider in order to see what I am doing exactly. That's extra overhead which was not necessary before, where has Gnome's legendary usability gone :-(

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-media 2.31.6-0ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 2.6.36-999-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 13 13:19:57 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-media

[Rinzwind (w-damen)]

This is still a problem in Natty: http://i.stack.imgur.com/kOx1v.png

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the stable release - Oneiric Ocelot. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

[Shock (mmiron)]

The "100%" does not represent the current volume. It marks the position on the slider where the volume is at 100% without amplification. If you move the slider to the right of the "100%" mark then pulseaudio amplifies the sound. You can see the same behavior in VLC where you can have 200% volume. Again, 100% is maximum volume, without amplification.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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