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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: bug: playing mp3's starts loud, gets soft over time
From:       Stefan Schimanski <1Stein () gmx ! de>
Date:       2000-09-30 12:45:16
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Am Sat, 30 Sep 2000 schrieb Stefan Westerfeld:
> Hi!
>
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 10:49:22AM +0200, Stefan Schimanski wrote:
> > I tried this several times and can't reproduce it. Are u sure that kaiman
> > is shutdown correctly? It installs a volume effect in aRts output stack,
> > maybe it isn't removed for u.
>
> I can empirically confirm it, although I have no scientific proof.
> Yesterday, it seemed to me as playing mp3s gets more and more silent.
> Restarting artsd gets it back to the normal volume. However, maybe it's
> just that if you hear the same problem over and over again, you start
> believing it. I don't have time to really investigate this right now.
>
> What I did is this:
>
> Initialization:
>  * run kaiman (random, with large playlist)
>  * turn the volume not to the fullest (i.e. 40%)
>  * start artsd from within kaiman
>  * kill artsd a few times each time letting kaiman restart it
>
> Bug:
>  * let mp3s play wholly (i.e. don't use skip) for a while
>  * occasionally adjust volume

Unfortunatelly I can't find anything here. I did this several times now and 
had absolutely no problem. Maybe you or Joseph can try to solve the problem.

>    Cu... Stefan

Schimmi

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