Bug 432434 - Fn+Mute stops muting both streams when stream's level is changed while in mute state
Summary: Fn+Mute stops muting both streams when stream's level is changed while in mut...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Audio in general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.2.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Rosca
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2021-02-02 21:07 UTC by postix
Modified: 2025-01-10 17:00 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description postix 2021-02-02 21:07:35 UTC 
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SUMMARY

I'm not sure if this is a feature or a bug -- however it leads to the situation where I don't hear any sound until I manually unmute the other device.


I got two streams / devices: "Speakers (Internal Audio Analog Stereo) and Simultaneous Output (of Internal Analogue Audio Stereo). When the latter is activated in the plasma-pa applet and I press Fn+Mute, both "devices" are muted or unmuted together. 
This changes once the audio level of the Simultaneous Output is changed (eg via Fn+Audio Volume Up/Down).
In this case this specific device only becomes unmuted.

Now pressing Fn+Mute _only_ affects this specific device in contrast to its former behaviour.

Please see the screen recording.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-02-03 18:11:40 UTC 
Can confirm. I personally find this behavior super confusing and think that hitting the global mic/speaker mute buttons should just  mute or unmute everything without all this fancy logic.