Bug 89543

Summary:	pactl doesn't support setting absolute volume in decibels
Product:	PulseAudio	Reporter:	Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk>
Component:	tools	Assignee:	pulseaudio-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:	pulseaudio-bugs
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	lennart
Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	love
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
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Description Tanu Kaskinen 2015-03-11 17:29:44 UTC

"pactl set-sink-volume somesink -5dB" will reduce the sink volume by 5 dB. What if the user wants to set the sink volume to exactly -5dB relative to full volume? That's currently not supported.

A suggestion: parentheses around the value could be interpreted so that the value should be treated as an absolute value. For example: "pactl set-sink-volume somesink (-5)dB"

Comment 1 Raymond 2015-03-12 02:00:26 UTC

should "-" only  indicate decrease in percentage volume ?

Comment 2 Tanu Kaskinen 2015-03-17 18:54:48 UTC

No, I think relative adjustments make sense regardless of the unit.

Comment 3 GitLab Migration User 2018-07-30 10:08:26 UTC

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