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[Martín Soto <donsoto@xxxxxxxxx>]

[I'm really sorry about this, GMail bit me while handling it!]

2010/5/3 Martín Soto <donsoto@xxxxxxxxx>

> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>  I have a habit of playing music (softly) while talking to friends on Skype
>> due
>> to my multitasking habits, and due to the fact that I can't really
>> function
>> properly without music playing.
>>
>
Although I thing, as I said above, that this is not so common, it's still an
interesting use case. If I'm listening to music and a call arrives, for
example, I'd rather have the music paused automatically as soon as I take
the call: the call quality can be bad and I need silence to understand, I
may not want this particular caller to know I listen to my music, etc, and I
still may have to take the call quickly. If, afterwards, I notice that this
is going to be a longer, chatty call, I can just go to the music player,
restart the music, and adjust the volume *there* so that it doesn't
interfere with the call.

What I conclude from this is that putting a mixer-style interface in the
sound menu, as proposed originally is not a good idea, even for more or less
advanced use cases like this. What would be interesting is a mechanism for
pausing playback automatically when more urgent sources need to take over.

Martín