[MPlayer-users] sound too loud

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:59:55 +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:

> Amadeus W.M. <amadeus84 <at> verizon.net> writes:
> 
>> When I play any file mplayer always starts with the volume at 100%. The
>> volume does work, I can lower it during the playback, but it's
>> deafening upon start up. I haven't disabled yet pulseaudio and it may
>> very well be a pulseaudio problem
> 
> Here is a patch (the alternative is to disable pulse):
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2009-
December/063096.html
> The following message contains related comments.
> 
> Carl Eugen

Thank you for the patch. I believe more and more that it's a a pulseaudio 
problem, because any audio application seems to have the same behavior. I 
guess I should ask on the pulseaudio list.