Bugzilla – Bug 5172
Synchronize Volume should work like Synchronize Player
Last modified: 2011-11-06 23:25:17 UTC
(ref # 070616-001313) [quote from ticket] "When I have the volumes of the Squeezeboxes syned with each other, but NOT with the Softsqueeze, (so the Softsqueeze is not volume synned with anything) the problem occurs. If I sync the volume of the Softsqueeze with the Squeezeboxes there is no problem. The trouble is, I don’t want the volume of the softsqueeze to be synced as I sit a few feet from the softsqueeze speakers, whereas the squeezeboxes are in different rooms. ... I’ve found out something else only just... The on-screen volume control with Softsqueeze (on the emulated remote control) varies the volume of the Squeezeboxes whether the softsqueeze is set to sync volume OR to NOT SYNCED! In other words, the "Don’t Sync Player ‘s Volume" function does not work with Softsqueeze. I have made sure I apply the change and have tested this several times. The volume of the Squeezeboxes I have left to Synced and they all go up and down with the Softsqueeze controls even when this is NOT synced. For these tests I am of course only using the remote volume controls with the Squeezeboxes and the on-screen emulated remote with Softsqueeze, I am not using the various amplifier volume controls which are obviously separate and not possible to sync."
I'll take a look.
After doing some additional investigation it appears that the 'Synchronize Volume' feature is an all or nothing choice. Simply setting one synced player to 'Sync player's voulume' all synced players to that player will have their volume synced. It does not seem to matter what synchronize volume setting the other players have nor does it seem to matter the number of players one has synced. This may be a limitation of the current Synchronize Volume feature. Would it be possible to have the Synchronize Volume feature work like the Synchronize Player feature, perhaps even allow it to work independently of the Synchronize Player feature? That is to have the ability to chose which players to synchronize volume to, just like the Synchronize Player feature works currently? I changed the summary and severity accordingly.
from the settings descriptions: SYNCHRONISE VOLUME You can choose to have the volume levels for the synced players track each other or be independent. Make a selection below and click Change. SYNCHRONISE POWER You can choose to have this player turn off on its own, or turn off as a group with all other players in the group. Make a selection below and click Change. perhaps a bit clearer with the POWER wording than the VOLUME wording, but that's how it works. Tracking which players groups with which for three different settings is just asking for trouble. Consideration of something like this should really only happen when there is a full on division of developers.
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