2014-10-02, 13:01
Hello all,
as I haven't had any answer to the bug report I reported in the other section
of the forum, I'll try to post a clear feature request.
The request is, shortly, to have a basic audio mixer in the XBMC/Kodi GUI.
This is because, currently, there is no audio mixer at all in XBMC and the only
possibility for an un-skilled user is to switch output among available audio cards.
This is, of course, a big limit for a media center software because many users
use XBMC also for music listening, not only video playing.
For example, almost any modern audio card has, at least, one headphone out that is,
currently, only selectable as output using amixer on the CLI, there is not any
control in the GUI.
Another fairly clear example is the balance and fader adjustment: just please
consider that there is a lot of people needing "balance" or "fader" controls
(e.g. x.1 audio speakers setups) in order to adjust improper speakers'
placement (too far/close to the listener or at different distances by the listener)
or rooms with poor acustic response.
Thank you for reading this, I hope some XBMC developer will give us their opinion.
as I haven't had any answer to the bug report I reported in the other section
of the forum, I'll try to post a clear feature request.
The request is, shortly, to have a basic audio mixer in the XBMC/Kodi GUI.
This is because, currently, there is no audio mixer at all in XBMC and the only
possibility for an un-skilled user is to switch output among available audio cards.
This is, of course, a big limit for a media center software because many users
use XBMC also for music listening, not only video playing.
For example, almost any modern audio card has, at least, one headphone out that is,
currently, only selectable as output using amixer on the CLI, there is not any
control in the GUI.
Another fairly clear example is the balance and fader adjustment: just please
consider that there is a lot of people needing "balance" or "fader" controls
(e.g. x.1 audio speakers setups) in order to adjust improper speakers'
placement (too far/close to the listener or at different distances by the listener)
or rooms with poor acustic response.
Thank you for reading this, I hope some XBMC developer will give us their opinion.