Bug 488683

Summary: after the update to plasma 6.1, kmix changes the volume of the local and remote pulseaudio instance when kmix is started with a remote PULSE_SERVER env variable
Product: [Applications] kmix Reporter: Jim Jones <rauchwolke>
Component: Backend: PulseaudioAssignee: Colin Guthrie <colin>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: esken
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 24.05.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Other   
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Description Jim Jones 2024-06-18 18:56:09 UTC 
SUMMARY
when a remote pulse server is used with PULSE_SERVER="192.168.1.1" kmix, kmix changes the volume of the remote and local instance when the volume is changed with the volume up/down button

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. PULSE_SERVER="192.168.1.1" kmix
2. press volume up or down button

OBSERVED RESULT
kmix changes the volume of the remote and local instance

EXPECTED RESULT
kmix changes the volume of the remote instance only

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
Kernel Version: 6.9.5 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8365U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 38.8 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Comment 1 Jim Jones 2024-06-18 20:20:12 UTC 
with this setup it worked as expected

KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.1.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
Kernel Version: 6.8.9 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Comment 2 Jim Jones 2025-01-11 13:57:54 UTC 
disabling the "Audio Shortcuts" background service fixes the bug