On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 at 10:46:24 +0200, Mihai Popescu wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone observe some sound volume reduction when chromium is > displaying some specific tabs? > > I am using mpv in xterm with some internet radio, when I point > chromium to some tabs (with or without multimedia in them, I can't > figure out for the moment) the sound volume is dropping a little but > noticeable and it is coming back to normal when I close chromium or > the offending tabs.
That is probably sndiod(8) doing its default behavior of trying to avoid clipping by reducing volume when multiple things are playing. See the -w option in the sndiod man page.
