vlc-backend: heavily over-amplified and distorted sound

[Ben Cooksley]

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc at arcor.de> wrote:
> Today I thought I'd give the new vlc-backend for Phonon a try.  So I
> installed the latest Amarok beta (Version 2.3.0.90), phonon-vlc from Git
> and VLC 1.1 branch from Git too.
>
> All compiled fine.  I selected VLC as backend in Systemsettings and
> started Amarok.  But the sound is waaaaay too amplified and extremely
> distorted.  There's no way to tell what volume level to use to get
> unattenuated 0db volume.  I am using OSSv4 as my system's audio system,
> not ALSA or PulseAudio.

In Amarok, try changing the volume level to 50%. I made a change which
ensures that Pulseaudio systems will have a VLC volume of 50%, and it
is undistorted here ( using Pulseaudio ) however never adjusted the
volume calculation for non-pulseaudio systems.

>
> Any hints?
>
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