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cdysthe

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Registered: 2009-11-20

Posts: 62

Adjusting volume over 100% in GNOME on Arch.

Hi,

On Ubuntu I could set the sound preferences so I could adjust the volume above 100% directly with the volume up/down keys on my computers. I can not find that setting which is a checkbox in the sound settings on Ubuntu. The sound settings in GNOME looks very similar, but is lacking that checkbox. You can see the checkbox here:

                 

Is there a way I can get configure GNOME to get the same result, or do I have to open sound settings every time I need to set the volume above 100%? And why is 100% not full volume in the first place?

rep_movsd

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Registered: 2013-08-24

Posts: 148

Re: Adjusting volume over 100% in GNOME on Arch.

Maybe not the best solution but I used to use :

pamixer --allow-boost --set-volume 300 from the command line.

Alad

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From: Bagelstan

Registered: 2014-05-04

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Re: Adjusting volume over 100% in GNOME on Arch.

AFAIK all this does is allow you to put PCM over 0db. As you usually have distortions above that level, 0db is set to "100%" (and pavucontrol etc. can go above it). My guess is Ubuntu adds a patch which prevents shooting yourself in the foot. I could be completely wrong, of course.

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subverted

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Registered: 2013-12-23

Posts: 31

Re: Adjusting volume over 100% in GNOME on Arch.

install pulseaudio and pavucontrol then use pavucontrol to adjust the volume