Hi Jim, I'm not sure if this will of any use to you, but there was a (vaguely) similar kind of plugin for older versions of Rhythmbox:
http://mengzhuo.org/lab/EP4Rhythmbox/ As far as I know, it doesn't work with Rhythmbox 2.9x (although I haven't tested it), but it might be a good reference for all things earphone related (no point reinventing the wheel when you can fork someone else's code). Best of luck, Donagh On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Jim Chatman <alienmindg...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi. My name is Jim and I'm fairly new to Rhythmbox after a few iterations > of Ubuntu and other players. So far, I like Rhythmbox best because it's > intuitive and easy. When I want to listen to my music, which is often at > the end of a long day, easy is good. :) > > Here's my dilemma and I've been going to ask other developers to see what > they thought, but I actually like Rhythmbox well enough to get off my butt > and write, so here it is: > > Often, when I'm switching back and forth between accessory speakers for my > laptop - which sits on my desk as often as not and is where the speakers > are located - and my headphones or earbuds, I forget to change the volume. > I have to turn the volume up pretty high for the speakers, which have their > own volume control, however it just sounds better when the laptop volume is > high and the speaker volume is attenuated. But...I forget to turn the > volume back down and pop in my earbuds or don my headphones and BAAM! OK, I > know the first line of defense might be to put a Post-It note on my screen > saying, 'Turn the volume down, dodo', but I would like to ask for another > option. > > Back in the Dark Ages when we used Windows on our pedal-powered > ultrarocks, there was a music player - and I'm baffled trying to remember > which one, although I know it wasn't WMP - that always began play with the > volume low and then raised it fairly quickly to its currently set position. > So as an exercise, say I had the volume on 11 ('This Is Spinal Tap, > anyone?) and forgot to turn it back to 5 or so, the player would begin it > at zero and in about 2 seconds it would raise it to wherever I left it > last, BUT it didn't just pop on at full eardrum-bursting volume. In those > brief 2 seconds, you could take action to save your hearing. > > OK, I'm probably also suffering from age-related dementia and/or > 1978...don't ask...but the name of the player has gone the way of the > 18-year-old virgin, which, by the way, I had nothing to do with. > > So, could it be a plug-in? Or something that could be toggled? I don't > know if everyone would want it, but I've chatted with several people - > usually right after I almost deafen myself - and they seem to like the > idea, too, and for the same reason. > > > Anyway, thanks! Really! I came to the Open Source community not knowing > what to expect, but now I help where I can and am very appreciative of the > talent, education, time, and volunteer effort you folks put into this. > > Thank you. > > Jim > alienmindg...@gmail.com > > -- > *JC* > > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel > >
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