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It would be nice if all your running apps volumns could be controlled from a single place though, rather than having to hunt around for menus in each app.
by schlomie28 14y ago
It would be nice if all your running apps volumns could be controlled from a single place though, rather than having to hunt around for menus in each app.
- Cthulhu_ 14y agoThere does happen to be at least one operating system that supports this: Windows. ^___^
- rhplus 14y agoYep, since at least Vista, I think. The UI guidelines recommend against in-app volume controls for everything except media players: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511278.aspx#mixing http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa51...
- miahi 14y agoThis doesn't work well with games. Yes, you could change the volume settings from there, but most 3D games are full screen and it's not usual to alt-tab the game just to modify the volume settings.
- JensenDied 14y agopavucontrol for pulse audio
- Dylan16807 14y agoPavucontrol well also let you assign apps per device. Windows has the capability of switching app output devices but sadly only uses it to make them follow the default.
- andrewaylett 14y agoOn Linux (specifically Ubuntu, but I believe generally relevant) PulseAudio controls the volume of the loudest sound by default, but you can also get a panel showing each input and output from the volume menu -- two or three clicks, vs. two for Windows.