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Sound 150%
Summary
This sound150@claudiux applet is an improvement of the sound@cinnamon.org applet.
It can display icons indicating that the microphone is muted, if applicable.
Sound volume: All multiples of 25% can be magnetized. The OSD is compatible with the 'Horizontal OSD' Cinnamon extension.
It can display the song's cover art when it is embedded in the file (.mp3, .flac ...) or available from the Radio3.0 applet
An option allows you to control the volume up to 150% of its nominal value.
The icon and the slider can be colored according to the volume when it is greater than 100%.
A mark on sliders signals the '100%' position of volume.
From 0% to 100%: standard icons:
From 101 to 115%: yellow icon by default, but you can choose another color.
From 116 to 130%: orange icon by default, but you can choose another color.
From 131 to 150%: red icon by default, but you can choose another color.
Note that the icons are those of the system.
An option in settings allows you to don't display colors.
Dependencies
This applet requires playerctl. If this package is not installed, the user can install it using the 'Install playerctl' option in the menu. If this option is absent from the menu, this means that playerctrl is already installed.
Settings
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Settings can be accessed by right-clicking on this applet icon (Configure... option of the context menu).
- Since version 5.0.0, settings have been presented in a new way, with 4 tabs: Behavior, Sound, Icon, Shortcuts.
Behavior settings
Menu
- Control Players
- Show Loop and Shuffle controls
Panel
- Show song information on the panel
- Actions on middle click and shift+middle click
- Use horizontal scrolling to move between tracks
- Show album art as icon
- Keep album art aspect ratio
- Hide system tray icons for compatible players
Tooltip
- Show volume in tooltip
- Show player in tooltip
- Show song artist and title in tooltip
Sound settings
- Button to open Cinnamon settings to control maximum volume.
- +/- lets you adjust the volume step, from 1% to 10%.
- Magnetize the 'Volume 100%' mark.
- Always allow microphone to be reactivated
Icon settings
Icon
- Display volume near icon
- Adjust the color of the icon to the volume
- Icon color: 101%-115%
- Icon color: 116%-130%
- Icon color: 131%-150%
- Button to reset these colors to default values (yellow, orange, red)
- Show album art as icon
- Keep album art aspect ratio
The last two options are the same as in the Behavior tab.
Shortcuts settings
Shortcuts
- Show menu
- Volume Mute
- Volume Up
- Volume Down
If volume shortcuts are assigned here, you may need to delete these shortcuts in Cinnamon's keyboard settings.
Settings for older versions
Prior to version 5.0.0, all parameters were located on a single page:
Usage
- The Maximum volume control option sets the percentage of nominal volume you want to limit the maximum volume. Possible values are between 30% and 150%. Since Cinnamon 4.4, Cinnamon Settings are used to set this value; use the button "Maximum volume control" provided to access it.
Use with caution. Above 120%, saturation can make the sound very unpleasant, even agressive.
In a meeting room or classroom, it is often useful to be able to increase the volume beyond 100%.
On the computer of a child, reduce the maximum volume possible to take care of his hearing... and yours!
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Use +/- to set the volume increase/decrease step size (in % of nominal volume).
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If you don't want to change colors, there's an option to ignore them.
- Since version 4.7.0, you can redefine multimedia shortcuts to mute, raise or lower the volume.
Cinnamon versions
Successfully tested on Cinnamon versions 2.8 to 6.0 (Linux Mint 17.3 to 21.3).
Does not work on Cinnamon prior to version 2.8 (Linux Mint prior to 17.3).
Themes
Tested on themes :
- Cinnamon
- Carta
- CBlack
- Graphite-Zero
- Linux Mint
- Mint-X (all themes)
- Mint-Y and Mint-Y-Dark (all themes)
- Modern-Mint-2017
- New-Minty
- Numix-Cinnamon and Numix-Cinnamon-Transparent
- Spider-Void
- Void
- Zukitwo-Cinnamon
Translations
The Sound 150% applet is designed to allow translation. A .pot template file is available, which you can use with software such as poedit to translate into your own language. You can then submit your translation on github, by forking this repo and making a pull request containing your changes.
Available translations are installed automatically when an update is performed.
Many thanks to all of the translators!
We welcome any new translations or updates.
Contributors
Many thanks to Rodrigo-Barros for his patch allowing to show the Spotify-player album art!
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