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On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:52:51 -0400, |
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Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I've had this problem for a really long time. I've tried adjusting |
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> settings in Smplayer to stop it but so far, I have not found the magic |
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> combination or option to change. I don't have pulseaudio here. Just |
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> Alsa and friends. |
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> As some know, I use Smplayer to watch TV with. I use the old dying |
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> Gnome-player to watch other videos on my computer screen and sound |
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> through computer speakers. I tend to watch fix it videos etc with |
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> Gnome-player. Anyway, one thing that Smplayer does that annoys me is |
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> each time it starts a new video, from either a fresh start or next video |
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> in the playlist, it adjusts the PCM sound level in Kmix. Usually it |
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> adjusts it down to almost mute. I've seen it adjust down to 6 and even |
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> 2. Either way, no sound. I've tried every setting in Smplayer and the |
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> audio section I can find and no matter what, it adjusts the PCM sound |
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> level in Kmix every single time. It's annoying as heck. I think I've |
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> looked in every config file that deals with sound. I've removed or |
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> commented out a lot of volume settings with no change. |
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> Does anyone know if there is a way to tell it to knock it off? It's |
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> getting so annoying, I'm thinking about abandoning Smplayer. So far, I |
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> haven't seen any other player do this. That's why I think it is a |
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> Smplayer setting somewhere. By the way, Smplayer is set to not change |
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> volume with Kmix or anything else. I adjust the volume on the TV |
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> itself, with a remote. One woould think that it bypassing sound control |
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> devices that it would also leave Kmix alone, since it shouldn't even be |
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> going through it anyway. |
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> Ideas? |
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Does the same happen with mpv? I never use mplayer anymore. |
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