Bug 296944

Summary:	media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc4_p20091026-r1 -ao pulse maxes out volume at 100%
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Tony Vroon (RETIRED) <chainsaw>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Media-video project <media-video>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2009-October/077999.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Tony Vroon (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-14 21:46:23 UTC

Mplayer sees fit to set the PulseAudio output volume to 100%. For users on a Xonar Essence ST driving headphones directly, this can be *extremely* loud. I can think of other scenarios where this behaviour is at best irresponsible, and at worst dangerous to hearing.
Please see the attached URL for background information and a suggested patch, which may or may not have made it upstream by now.

Comment 1 Steve Dibb (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-14 21:47:03 UTC

note to self: we should apply this one if it's not already upstream

Comment 2 Jeff 2010-01-12 23:26:25 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> note to self: we should apply this one if it's not already upstream
> 

Has this been fixed? Why is mplayer hard masked these days?

Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-04-30 13:52:49 UTC

The patch from $url is at least in mplayer-1.0_rc4_p20100427.