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Re: Context based volume

 

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Andrea Bernabei <
andrea.bernabei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Felipe De La Puente <
> fdelapuente@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Is there a plan to have sound settings in a per-role basis?
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>>
Hi Felipe,

please have a look at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1550558

Cheers,
Andrea


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>> I just looked at sound settings: it's all mixed and  I don't see how to
>> change settings of the different roles.
>>
>> The only way that "seems" to work is using the volume buttons when the
>> role is active which is challenging. By the way, during a call the volume
>> changes are not as linear as I expected (nexus 4), often getting on mute
>> while trying to reduce the volume.
>>
>> Anyone noticed that?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Felipe.
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>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Jim Hodapp <jim.hodapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>>> Forgot the link for my last reply.
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>>> [1] https://requests.ci-train.ubuntu.com/#/ticket/939
>>> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1534776
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Jim Hodapp <jim.hodapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Indeed we already have an implementation of various contextual volumes
>>>> or otherwise known as audio roles. There currently is a bug related to the
>>>> audio roles that I have a fix for in silo 53 [1] if you're comfortable with
>>>> and interested in testing it. The bug that it fixes is [2]. Basically the 5
>>>> roles that we have are:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Music/Video Role (these are separate at the QtMultimedia level
>>>>    but for Touch we make them one and the same
>>>>    2. AlarmRole - e.g. clock app's alarm use this
>>>>    3. NotificationRole - e.g. SMS/Telegram message received sounds use
>>>>    this
>>>>    4. RingtoneRole - e.g. incoming call ringtone
>>>>    5. VoiceCommunicationRole - e.g. a VOIP app
>>>>
>>>> If you have any further questions on this just let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Andrea Bernabei <
>>>> andrea.bernabei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>
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>>>>> 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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