The "100%" does not represent the current volume. It marks the position on the slider where the volume is at 100% without amplification. If you move the slider to the right of the "100%" mark then pulseaudio amplifies the sound. You can see the same behavior in VLC where you can have 200% volume. Again, 100% is maximum volume, without amplification.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-media in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659841 Title: gnome-volume-control : master volume slider always displays "100%" Status in “gnome-media” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-media Just switched from Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.10, I notice that the simple GUI to adjust volumes has disappeared, now we have to use the full blown, tabbed sound preferences UI in order to adjust volumes, what a bloat :-( Anyway, trying to get used to it, I noticed some problems : - the main/master slider at the top of the UI, always reads "100%", no matter where the slider is. Left, middle, right.. it just reads "100%" no matter what. - The new panel applet sees some regression too: using the mouse wheel on it to adjust volume, doesn't display the % any more, which I found rather practical to adjust volume quickly and accurately in a hurry. Without any indication, it's now a hit and miss thing, so it forces me to click on the applet to display the slider in order to see what I am doing exactly. That's extra overhead which was not necessary before, where has Gnome's legendary usability gone :-( ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: gnome-media 2.31.6-0ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 2.6.36-999-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Oct 13 13:19:57 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-media To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-media/+bug/659841/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
