vlc-backend: heavily over-amplified and distorted sound

Tue May 4 21:34:05 BST 2010

On 05/04/2010 11:21 PM, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> 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 know I can do that.  The problem is I don't know what 0db corresponds 
to.  Phonon doesn't seem to communicate with VLC regarding this matter.