On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:22:58 +0000, draeath wrote:

> I just stumbled across this little oddity. I'm running Ubuntu Studio
> 8.04.1.
>
> If the sum of an application's volume control percentage drop and the
> output sink volume control percentage drop exceeds 100... the playback
> goes silent. It's not a gradual silent either.
>
> Example: If either the application or master volume is 100%, you see no
> issue.
>
> **If you set your master volume to 50%, the moment you set the
> application's volume below 50%, output ceases.** This is only for that
> one output, other streams continue to operate.
>
> If you set your master to 25%, the cutoff point for the application
> moves up to 75%.
>
> (I have only had a chance to test this with audacious.)

Anyone here in alt.os.linux have any ideas what might be going on here?