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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 181652] Automatically select "master channel" based on Phonon
From:       Michael Liddle <michael () liddle ! net ! nz>
Date:       2010-05-20 6:13:03
Message-ID: 20100520061303.4D00E4101C () immanuel ! kde ! org
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181652





--- Comment #8 from Michael Liddle <michael liddle net nz>  2010-05-20 08:12:59 ---
It definitely seems that there are two levels that need to be catered for: the
hardware, which KMix currently does; and the software or "system" level (e.g. 
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Phonon+System+Mixer?content=121483, don't
know the status of that in terms of KDE SC integration though). 

I'd argue that once the second of these is included that that should be the
default backend for the systray applet and keyboard shortcuts etc... 

> But that is not really about the original bug report. there "following" the
> "active" card is requested. But well - there can me multiple "active" cards in
> Phonon, like "Card 1" for Music and "Card 2" for "Notifications". Does somebody
> has an idea how to deal with this?

That's also a bit tricky. It seems either that a new sibling category to Music,
Notifications, Video, Games, etc... for "KMix default preference" would solve
it. But this is probably be complete overkill, not to mention a bit confusing
(control vs. output). 

Another better possibility might be to simply be able to tell KMix to follow
_one_ of those categories by default (say Music, or the top-level category). I
personally have the same device ordering for all categories, so for me it
wouldn't matter which one, but this could be configurable, either in KMix or in
the Multimedia Settings dialog. I don't know how this gels with the other
issues with different types of sinks mentioned in comment #1 though...

Finally, is there not an overall (software) "Master volume" concept in Phonon, 
such that all output sinks could be equally affected? If there was, a slider
connected to this in the systray would solve everything.

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