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barbara_j_jenson

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Registered: 2009-09-05

Posts: 7

mplayer volume

hi,
I have the following problem. everytime I use mplayer, it changes my global volume settings, which means I have to correct them afterwards with alsamixer, that annoys me. So is there a way to change the volume of mplayer, but only for the song I'm currently playing?

rusty99

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Registered: 2009-03-18

Posts: 253

Re: mplayer volume

9 and 0 should control mplayers volume without affecting system wide settings.

barbara_j_jenson

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Registered: 2009-09-05

Posts: 7

Re: mplayer volume

hi,
thanks for your reply. you are right, if I press 0-9, the volume changes and the global volume settings are not affected. however, as soon as I start mplayer, the global volume is changed. In other words, I would need a config option for the mplayer config file. does there exists anything?
best regards

rusty99

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Registered: 2009-03-18

Posts: 253

Re: mplayer volume

Ah ok I see what you mean.. strange.
Is it any help adding the below to .mplayer/config

volume=90

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: mplayer volume

Putting "softvol=yes" in that file should help.

barbara_j_jenson

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Registered: 2009-09-05

Posts: 7

Re: mplayer volume

many thanks for your posts. adding softvol=yes solved my problem!