On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:14:05 +0200 Pierre Couderc via enlightenment-users <[email protected]> said:
> > On 8/12/25 08:21, Pierre Couderc via enlightenment-users wrote: > > > > On 7/30/25 21:40, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm using e 0.25.4 from Debian apt with a Bluetooth speaker (Bose > >>> SoundTouch). > >>> I can control the volume with|pavucontrol| or|pactl > >>> set-sink-volume|. > >>> > >>> However, the volume button in Enlightenment has ni effect, Ican see > >>> the Bose in the mixer but the button has no effect... > >>> > >>> Is there a way it get it working ? > >> volume BUTTON? do you mean volume SLIDER? what do you mean but volume > >> button? > >> > >> have you selected the mixer gadget in your shelf (clicked on it) to > >> pop the > >> popup up... in there will be a slider with the volume of the selected > >> sound > >> output (sink) and a list of devices to use - select the one you want > >> to use > >> then slide the slider around > >> the gadget itself will allow mouse wheel to change volume on it too > >> without the > >> popup. any bindings (key or mouse etc.) that use actions to > >> raise/lower volume > >> will act on the chosen device. it your microphone is active (something > >> recording e.g. a zoom meeting call) you will ALSO get a slider for > >> microphone > >> volume. you will see a list of icons for the apps/clients/streams either > >> playing output or recording in the mixer popup. you will also see a > >> vu meter go > >> up and down based on the output sound or input sound above each > >> slider. e.g. > >> > >> http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-688a750f7828a9.26231333.jpg > >> > >> (no recording vu/slider bu it'll appear if its done and you can see > >> chromium > >> has 1 output streams) > > > > Mmm, I use volume "button" and slider since years. > > > > With the built in analog audio device, the slider works fine > > > > I have installed a Bose bluetooth device which connects and works > > fine, with the e bluetooth gadget > > > > BUT with the Bose device, the volume slider has no effect ( but > > "muting" is muting). > > > > All this done without opening the mixer... > > > > It is not important for vlc which have its own slider. But it is > > important for system sounds, that I cannot control. > > > > And let us eliminate the hypothesis of an AGC on the Boose device, as > > I can lower the sound as I want, with the vlc slider. > > > > What do I miss ? > > > I add that this oxcurs with e.25.4 and too 0.27.1. nothing has change in e here. the pulse backend basically calls pa_context_set_sink_volume_by_index() on the sink. read the code. put some printfs in ... find out. :) > AND the the vumeter reflects the true level of the sound whatever the > position of the slider! yes - vu meter shows the signal - not the volume assigned to the sink. you can have volume at 1% and it'll show the same - as its the waveform/signal being shown. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - [email protected] _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
