vlc-backend: heavily over-amplified and distorted sound

[Ben Cooksley]

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc at arcor.de> wrote:
> 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.

It should be either 50% or 25%. I'll fix this to ensure that software
amplification isn't used once this has been confirmed.

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