Volume Resets at Pause

[Matěj Laitl]

On 22. 8. 2012 Justin Brown wrote:
> Ok, I've blown out my eardrums for the last time and have to write.

Sorry about that. :-(

> I'm using Amarok 2.6.0 in Gnome 3.4.
> 
> Every time I resume playing music after pausing a song, the volume
> maximizes. It's annoying when I'm using speakers, but it's physically
> dangerous when I'm using headphones.
> 
> For example, I'm using my headphones at 22% volume in Amarok. I paused a
> song to talk to a coworker. When I resumed playing, the volume jumped to
> 100%, and my ears are still ringing.
> 
> Has this bug been reported? Is anyone working on it?

I think that a combination of pulseaudio and one phonon backend (either 
phonon-vlc or phonon-gstreamer, I don't remember) causes it. Please try with 
the other one a report back. (then paste the "Diagnostics" Amarok dialog)

> From my perspective, this is a critical bug. I can't safely use Amarok.

Agreed.

	Matěj Laitl