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[Andrea Bernabei <andrea.bernabei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Ferdinand Holzner <
ferdinandholzner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> are there any plans to implement a context based volume setting?
>
> For the moment the volume seems to get set globally. If i make it lower
> for the music app, the volume for the ring tone will be on the same level.
> Same goes for some webapps that are using sound effects, Just like the
> "OMGUbuntu" app. It automagically sets the volume to max, which is very
> annoying, if you're listening to music.
>

Hi Ferdinand,

Ubuntu Touch is already using different volume profiles depending on the
context of use, I'm not sure about what the current implementation is like
but I'm quite sure you have at least a ringtone and multimedia profiles.
This describes how it should work
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sound#Audio_output_role

 Please have a look at this very lengthy but very informative thread if you
want to know more :)
https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg15687.html

Cheers,
Andrea


> Yesterday i didn't even recognize an incoming call, because i set the
> volume to low a few hours ago.
>
> Regards,
> Ferdinand
>
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