2016-03-18, 06:50
I apologise I can't just put my hands on the original PR, but I'd like to request the reversion of the recent change that limits the number of volume steps to 20.
As I vaguely remember from the PR, one of its references to why it should be included is that most TV's don't include anywhere near the number of volume steps as Kodi currently does. In my case, the bedroom TV (where we first noticed the reduced number and found issue with it) has 60 steps by default. The lounge tv, where admittedly we have no issue with the update, has 40. To say that tv's don't provide the same number of steps is obviously fallacious.
More importantly, on our bedroom tv, having fine-grained control allows us to adjust - with a fine accuracy - the volume difference that is often present between movies and tv shows, and even between live tv and adverts.
(For the record, though the bedroom tv has the 60 steps referred to above, and we can fine-control the volume through the TV's own controls, this has previously not been necessary and now means we require two controls - one for the Kodi box, and one for the TV (and no, we don't have CEC on this TV) - to get the desired volume. In the lounge, though we haven't experienced issues as yet, the sound is sent through a roughly thrown together amp system (centering around an old external Sound Blaster), where we have no control over the volume of the amp itself, and therefore require control over the volume of the source.)
It seems strange, particularly with a product like Kodi, to artificially limit the options in this way when Kodi is, by nature, aimed at those who want fine-grained control over their experience.
As I vaguely remember from the PR, one of its references to why it should be included is that most TV's don't include anywhere near the number of volume steps as Kodi currently does. In my case, the bedroom TV (where we first noticed the reduced number and found issue with it) has 60 steps by default. The lounge tv, where admittedly we have no issue with the update, has 40. To say that tv's don't provide the same number of steps is obviously fallacious.
More importantly, on our bedroom tv, having fine-grained control allows us to adjust - with a fine accuracy - the volume difference that is often present between movies and tv shows, and even between live tv and adverts.
(For the record, though the bedroom tv has the 60 steps referred to above, and we can fine-control the volume through the TV's own controls, this has previously not been necessary and now means we require two controls - one for the Kodi box, and one for the TV (and no, we don't have CEC on this TV) - to get the desired volume. In the lounge, though we haven't experienced issues as yet, the sound is sent through a roughly thrown together amp system (centering around an old external Sound Blaster), where we have no control over the volume of the amp itself, and therefore require control over the volume of the source.)
It seems strange, particularly with a product like Kodi, to artificially limit the options in this way when Kodi is, by nature, aimed at those who want fine-grained control over their experience.