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alocacoc

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From: Germany

Registered: 2013-06-27

Posts: 104

[Solved] VLC-Pulseaudio Volume Problem

Hello,
my problem is the following (using VLC, Pulseaudio, KDE).

If I change the volume in VLC, this volume setting with stick to the system audio settings even after VLC is closed. Example, I set the volume to 200% in VLC, the system volume will also stay set to 200% (you cannot see this, it will show 100% but actually it isn't) and audio in other programs will become weak quality while playback.

To solve this problem I have to touch the system audios setting slider and it will jump to the correct setting. Even VLC itself will stick to the previous now 'wrong' audio when I choose the setting inside VLC to put the volume setting at each start to 100%.

i guess it has something to do with VLC, because other video and audio players doesn't produce this problem.

I found a post from before who had a similar issue, but it did not help me.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=155886

Thank you.

Last edited by alocacoc (2013-09-10 12:59:25)

clfarron4

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Registered: 2013-06-28

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Re: [Solved] VLC-Pulseaudio Volume Problem

Is it this issue? Or does the fix given here solve the problem?

Clients alter master output volume (aka volume jumps to 100% after running application)

Last edited by clfarron4 (2013-09-10 10:20:48)

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alocacoc

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From: Germany

Registered: 2013-06-27

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved] VLC-Pulseaudio Volume Problem

Changing 'flat-volumes = no' in '/etc/pulse/daemon.conf' sadly doesn't change anything.

I realized in Pulse Audio Volume Control, that it will only store the wrong volume when going above 100% in VLC, it won't save if I go lower then 100%.

alocacoc

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From: Germany

Registered: 2013-06-27

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved] VLC-Pulseaudio Volume Problem

To go around the problem I did this, its more a workaround then a solution:

VLC
- Tools
- Preferences
- Show Settings - All
- Audio - Output Modules

Then I changed to ALSA audio output.

Thank you for your help, I'll mark the topic as solved.