Bug 415325

Summary:	Control volume of bluetooth device
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	t.soernes
Component:	Audio in general	Assignee:	David Rosca <nowrep>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	isma.af, nate, nicolas.fella, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.2.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description t.soernes 2019-12-18 16:38:23 UTC

My bluetooth speaker runs on battery and has its own volume knob. It is possible to control its volume directly through Bluez (dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/hci0/dev_00_42_79_DC_D5_xx org.bluez.MediaControl1.VolumeDown). My android phone and smart TV can also adjust its volume.

It would be nice if the volume applet controlled the volume of the speaker itself instead of a virtual soundcard or whatever it does now.

Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2021-03-22 14:11:06 UTC

It probably would be good if PulseAudio would automatically bind the volume of the sink to the hardware volume of the device, but I'm not sure if this is feasible or on the radar.

Comment 2 Nicolas Fella 2021-03-22 14:16:05 UTC

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/239 looks like it could be related, but I don't understand it enough to be sure

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-04-29 16:31:03 UTC

That got merged. Any chance this got fixed automatically?

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-14 03:46:41 UTC

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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-29 03:59:44 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.