diff -Naur /var/tmp/portage/xmms-arts-0.4-r6/work/xmms-arts-0.4/audio.c xmms-arts-0.4/audio.c
--- /var/tmp/portage/xmms-arts-0.4-r6/work/xmms-arts-0.4/audio.c	2002-11-17 03:56:17.000000000 +0100
+++ xmms-arts-0.4/audio.c	2002-11-17 03:57:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -211,12 +211,17 @@
 	}
 }
 
+float artsd_get_internal_volume();
+
 static void artsd_write_audio(gpointer data,gint length)
 {
         int errorcode;
 	AFormat new_format;
 	gint new_frequency,new_channels;
 	EffectPlugin *ep;
+	short *samples = (short*)data;
+	gint i;
+	float volume = artsd_get_internal_volume();
 
 	new_format = input_format;
 	new_frequency = input_frequency;
@@ -242,6 +247,9 @@
 	if(effects_enabled() && ep && ep->mod_samples)
 		length = ep->mod_samples(&data,length, input_format, input_frequency, input_channels);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < (length / 2); i++)
+		samples[i] *= volume * volume;
+
 	errorcode = arts_write(stream,artsd_translate(data,length),length);
 	if(errorcode < 0)
 		fprintf(stderr,"arts_write error: %s\n",arts_error_text(errorcode));
diff -Naur /var/tmp/portage/xmms-arts-0.4-r6/work/xmms-arts-0.4/mixer.c xmms-arts-0.4/mixer.c
--- /var/tmp/portage/xmms-arts-0.4-r6/work/xmms-arts-0.4/mixer.c	2000-09-01 14:43:45.000000000 +0200
+++ xmms-arts-0.4/mixer.c	2002-11-17 03:47:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -25,49 +25,19 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/soundcard.h>
 
+static float volume = 1.0;
+
 void artsd_get_volume(int *l, int *r)
 {
-	int fd, v, cmd, devs;
-	fd = open("/dev/mixer", O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd != -1)
-	{
-		ioctl(fd, SOUND_MIXER_READ_DEVMASK, &devs);
-		if (devs & SOUND_MASK_PCM)
-			cmd = SOUND_MIXER_READ_PCM;
-		else if (devs & SOUND_MASK_VOLUME)
-			cmd = SOUND_MIXER_READ_VOLUME;
-		else
-		{
-			close(fd);
-			return;
-		}
-		ioctl(fd, cmd, &v);
-		*r = (v & 0xFF00) >> 8;
-		*l = (v & 0x00FF);
-		close(fd);
-	}
+	*l = *r = volume * 100;
 }
 
 void artsd_set_volume(int l, int r)
 {
-	int fd, v, cmd, devs;
-
-	fd = open("/dev/mixer", O_RDONLY);
+	volume = ((float)l + (float)r) / 200;
+}
 
-	if (fd != -1)
-	{
-		ioctl(fd, SOUND_MIXER_READ_DEVMASK, &devs);
-		if (devs & SOUND_MASK_PCM)
-			cmd = SOUND_MIXER_WRITE_PCM;
-		else if (devs & SOUND_MASK_VOLUME)
-			cmd = SOUND_MIXER_WRITE_VOLUME;
-		else
-		{
-			close(fd);
-			return;
-		}
-		v = (r << 8) | l;
-		ioctl(fd, cmd, &v);
-		close(fd);
-	}
+float artsd_get_internal_volume()
+{
+	return volume;
 }