Bug 314311

Cleaning up the volume control mess is probably an F9 target at this point.

(In reply to comment #1)
> Cleaning up the volume control mess is probably an F9 target at this point.

Ok, that's fair. BUT, can't the mixer-applet default to control the PulseAudio
'Master' item instead of the ALSA one? Even alsamixer seems to have been taught
that so, a much more user visible UI like the mixer surely should default to
control PulseAudio, no?

Found another problem with this.

Watching videos on youtube (thus using the adobe flash plugin) if I decrease the
sound with the applet (which by default controls the "HDA Intel Alsa Master"
track) it goes down but then gradually it goes up again as if something is
"fighting" my action on the applet. But the actual value (say 50%) on the applet
remains the same. The sound just increases without giving the user any clue as
to why. Is pulseaudio trying to outsmart me here?

This just highlights that the applet should default to control the pulseaudio
track because on the same use case from above if I decrease the sound with
alsamixer (which actually just shows the pulseaudio master track) then it works
correctly.

Actually my previous comment applies to every sound and not only to flash.

I have the same problem for default FC8 puts in the mic's mixer, and not the
master volume control - and always switching back to - playback: PA - is not so
nice, even not so easy. Another problem is if I download to my notebook (FuSi
Amillo Pro 3405 - it has HDA/ALC861) the latest STABLE skype to FC8, it seems to
be working correcly, and very clearly, but only sounds in LEFT side, and can't
adjust. I have tried also with in my desktop machine witch has nvidia chip, but
there is No sound. 

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I don't want to take sides in this esteemed discussion, just let me note that this is not NEW by any meaning of the word.

Switching to ASSIGNED so that developers have responsibility to do whatever they want to do with it.

gnome-volume-control was rewritten in rawhide, and this bug should be fixed there.