MP3 volume too loud about soundux

[D3SOX]

Hi,

I'm already aware of issues with the volume.
The thing is that paplay which I use to play wav and ogg files has a parameter to set the volume. I tried it for mpg123 which I use for mp3 but it didn't work out.

So the volume slider currently adjusts the volume of the output stream. That's not reliable because it get's reset when you play another sound. I may switch the library to play mp3 but I didn't find any good comparable alternative. (I thought about VLC but I don't like having VLC as a dependency)

[Tibladar]

mpg123 has a -f flag which seems to change the volume (taken from mpg123 --help)
-f n change scalefactor [32768]
so mpg123 -f -1000 440Hz-5sec.mp3 plays the file much quieter.

[D3SOX]

mpg123 has a -f flag which seems to change the volume (taken from mpg123 --help)
-f n change scalefactor [32768]
so mpg123 -f -1000 440Hz-5sec.mp3 plays the file much quieter.

I already know about this flag but it doesn't change the volume of the output stream. It just plays that sound with the given volume. So it would not be possible to change the volume while a sound is playing with the current logic.

It is actually already implemented with the -f parameter. If I'm gonna use this I need to do a workaround which I don't like.

I see that in mpg123 100% volume is 32768 rather than 65536 so exactly half of the value which is default in pulseaudio.
I disabled the volume slider while playing sounds and divided the volume for mpg123 by 2. That should fix your issue for now.

[Tibladar]

mp3 files are now played normally. Thanks!