Op vrijdag 16-04-2010 om 09:19 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Ara Pulido: > Lucid is looking great in terms of user experience, but there is an > issue with the sound indicator that keeps bothering me. > > *The issue:* > When I plug a USB headphone, by default, pulseaudio starts outputting > directly to the headphone but it does not get reflected in the selection > of the output device in gnome-media and, therefore, changing the volume > there (or the sound indicator) does not get reflected in the volume. > Even worse, if the sound was muted before plugging the headset, the > headset won't be muted, and, as the sound indicator is supposed to "Mute > All" devices, it gets a bit confusing. > > I raised the problem to Conor Curran a while ago and we decided to raise > the problem to the PulseAudio developers. After a long IRC conversation > (which I have posted at the end of this message for reference) it turned > out that it wasn't a bug, but just the way audio routing works in > PulseAudio. There is a blog post [1] explaining how PulseAudio handles > routing. > > Although this is "how PulseAudio is supposed to work" I still think this > is an important usability issue in Lucid. An end user (and me!!), when > plugging a USB headset, would expect the sound to come out from the > headset (which is how it works now) but, also, would expect to be able > to control the volume with the indicator sound.
What about a solution like this: http://code.google.com/p/gnome-pulse-applet/wiki/Screenshots (The screenshots show 4 simultaneous streams, but of course in practice most of the time there won't be more than 1 or 2.) -- Jan Claeys _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
