Volume won't "Fix at 100%"

[tobesetc]

I have two SBR/SBC pairs, both set using the SB Server web interface as follows:
Player>Basic Settings>Audio for Output Level is Fixed at 100% > Apply

However, when I use the web interface player, the volume bar is not at 100% and if I increase it, the volume goes up - indicating the volume was never at 100%...

What am I doing wrong?

Here's the data you'll ask me for...
Thanks in advance.



Version: 7.4.2 - r30215 @ Mon Feb 22 10:11:12 PST 2010
Hostname: TobesHP
Server IP Address
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Operating system: Windows 7 - EN - cp1252
Platform Architecture: 586
Perl Version: 5.10.0 - MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt
Total Players Recognized: 2

Library Statistics
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Total Albums: 843
Total Artists: 1,602
Total Genres: 66
Total Playing Time: 639:57:17

Player Information
Information on all identified devices connected to Squeezebox Server

Kitchen Arcam
Player Model: receiver
Firmware: 65
Player IP Address:
Player MAC Address:

PlayStation3 Room
Player Model: receiver
Firmware: 65
Player IP Address:
Player MAC Address:

[peterw]

I have two SBR/SBC pairs, both set using the SB Server web interface as follows:
Player>Basic Settings>Audio for Output Level is Fixed at 100% > Apply

However, when I use the web interface player, the volume bar is not at 100% and if I increase it, the volume goes up - indicating the volume was never at 100%...

Does the audible volume actually change? Normal behavior of "fixed at 100%" is that the output level of the Squeezebox does not change when you change the volume, but there's still a "fictional" volume level displayed in Squeezebox Server and on the Controller. This isn't entirely crazy -- it makes it possible to use the Controller, Web, or other control mechanism to control your amplifier volume with 3rd-party plugins like Felix's IR Blaster, Aesculus' Denon AVP Control, or my DenonSerial plugin. If your SB Receiver volume is fixed at 100%, I would expect the Web UI and Controller to show you a volume level you can change, but changing it would have no effect on the actual output level of the Squeezebox.

[tobesetc]

Well, you appear to be right! The graphical representation moves but the actual volume doesn't change.

Just out of curiosity - didn't it used to display at 100% when you fixed it? I feel I remember it being like that before? Doesn't matter.

Thanks

T

[Aesculus]

Well, you appear to be right! The graphical representation moves but the actual volume doesn't change.

Just out of curiosity - didn't it used to display at 100% when you fixed it? I feel I remember it being like that before? Doesn't matter.

Thanks

T

Actually this is a feature we don't want 'fixed'. Some of us use external volume controls to adjust the volume through a plugin. Since the web interface allows volume adjustments to be sent out even though the volume is actually sent out at 100%, we can trap these via the plugin and change the actual volume on the amp etc. We have the best of both worlds.

If they fix the volume at 100% in the UI then we will have no way to adjust the volume via a plugin.

[maagma]

I want this behavior as well, but the volume slider bar control is disabled when Volume control setting for the SBR is set to fixed at 100%. Has anyone else observed this? Is there any way to patch the SBR to fix the volume at 100% like the one Erland did for the Touch?

[JJZolx]

I want this behavior as well, but the volume slider bar control is disabled when Volume control setting for the SBR is set to fixed at 100%. Has anyone else observed this? Is there any way to patch the SBR to fix the volume at 100% like the one Erland did for the Touch?

What are you calling the "SBR"? Radio? Receiver?

On the Touch the 'fixed' volume behaves as you describe. It's kind of a half-finished implementation of the old behavior.

http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14807

[maagma]

Sorry, to be clear it's the Receiver.

[JJZolx]

Sorry, to be clear it's the Receiver.

Which SbS and firmware versions - 7.5.x or 7.6?

[maagma]

SbS: 7.5.1 -r30836
Receiver firmware version: 65