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[Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

>
> I'm also a fan of ReplayGain and use it whenever I can. The use case,
> however, is there to show the need, not the solution. Indeed, the best
> possible solution is one that doesn't require any user intervention to
> achieve the desired effect, and, for this case, ReplayGain belongs
> definitely to this league.
>
> Maybe we could write this case in a somewhat different way to convey the
> fact that the volume has to be adjusted, without implying that this
> adjustment has to be manual. Any suggestions?
>
>
 I'd suggest, again, to begin with the "problem" cases, not solutions. For
example, when is the intervention needed to control volume?

1. I'm listening to a great rock music (meaning pretty loud), and VOIP call
comes in. So, do I want to pause music, or make it more quiet relative to
the volume of the voice chat (and maybe system will do that automatically
when I answer the call).

2. I'm in a voice chat session. Do I want to hear other system sounds or
not? Do I want to hear them louder than the call or more quiet?


So I suggest to describe flows that require an intervention. If it is
complicated to handle a flow then great, you have found a "problem"
definition.

Alex.