[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] remember the volume in a playlist with all AOs

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 04:19:06PM +0100, Adrian Stutz wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Reimar Döffinger
> <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> > -volume should have preference, otherwise you break e.g. per-file config
> > files with -volume in it.
> > It also allows disabling this new feature by specifying -volume on the
> > commandline.
> > However, it might be a good idea to add a flag to the AOs so we don't do
> > this for AOs that also prefer it on their own, possible in a more
> > intelligent way (pulseaudio, to a degree OSS...).
> 
> There should also be a way of specifying an initial volume, which then
> can be changed by the user and will stay at whatever level without
> reverting on each file or ordered chapter change.
> 
> This is the case for front-ends which offer a volume slider which
> should not reset. The front-ends still have to set the initial volume
> (using the slave mode can result in short volume bursts, especially
> bad if the playback should start muted) but whatever volume the user
> sets during playback should then stick.
> 
> Maybe this needs an -initalvolume (or similar) option? i.e. a way to
> change the initial 25% the volume is set to and which then can be
> overridden by subsequent -volume options?

Uh, just set -volume only for those files where you want the volume to
be reset?
E.g.:
mplayer file1 -volume 100 file2 file3
to start with 100% volume but then keep the volume for the remaining
files (of course the last part only working with the patch or specific
AOs like pulse, OSS).