Request to have a volume boost toggle button to allow users to drive volume above 100%
diddy-boy opened this issue · comments
Problem
Request to have a volume boost toggle button to allow users to drive volume above 100%
Other distributions have this as an option. I would assume this is not a hard feature to add
Proposal
Have the option for the user to toggle this on (off by default) so the user can raise the volume control up to 150%
Prior Art
A workaround is to change system settings :-
https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/855/can-i-boost-the-volume-above-100-without-going-into-system-settings
using 'dconf-editor' (not installed by default) I had to drill down into '/io/elementary/desktop/wingpanel/sound/max-volume' and set max volume to 160
then go to /org/gnome/desktop/sound and Toggle Use Defaults to False
and then Make current value True
This worked but would be good just to enable a toggle option to drive allow the user to drive volume up to 160% in the sound settings view
A note on suggested workaround: it didn't work for me on elementary Hera until a rebooted (probably logout/login is enough but YMMV).
Duplicate of #68