Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-media
The new gnome-volume-control (gnome-media version 2.27.4-0ubuntu2) does
not allow to configure the separate volume channels. I can imagine the
usual reasons for that (it's an advanced configuration hence gnome must
not have it). But it can't work.
I agree that all these settings are to be done once in a lifetime, and
appreciate a lot the new, very clean interface, but it's impossible that
a machine guesses the correct setup. A way to configure these settings
at least once without resorting to alsamixer is needed. Example: a
laptop with low-quality speakers will need pcm set almost to the maximum
to maximize the volume, while a 5+1 speaker system connected to a good
sound card will need pcm at about 70% so that distortion will be
unlikely.
Also (but the problem above is enough IMHO) there are many switches in
soundcards which are a "trial and error" system, e.g. to enable 5+1, 3d,
digital input, mic autogain etc. I dislike all of that, but it's
reality, we can not act like these problems do not exist. I typically
set them only once for each new installation, but the interface for
doing that needs to be discoverable by all users. If you want alsamixer
to be the only way, then you should link alsamixer to the volume-control
for discoverability.
** Affects: gnome-media (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gnome-volume-control does not allow to configure the mixer settings properly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402954
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