Enhanced Sound applet

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Last commit: [c2e14018] v7.2.4 - Fixes #6513: Always show mute icon when sound is muted

Enhanced sound applet

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Enhanced Sound applet

Summary

This sound150@claudiux applet is an enhancement of the Cinnamon system sound applet.

This applet works with Pulseaudio or Pipewire.

It can display icons indicating that the microphone is muted or activated.

It avoids loud cracking sound at shutdown.

Sound volume:

The volume step can be redefined (from 1% to 10%).
All multiples of 25% (or only 100%) can be magnetized.
The OSD is compatible with the Horizontal OSD Cinnamon extension.

The song's cover art can be displayed when it is embedded in the file (.mp3, .flac ...) or available from the Radio3.0 applet.

You can use the mouse wheel on this applet to control the sound volume. Use Ctrl+wheel or Shift+wheel to control the microphone volume.

The icon can be colored according to the volume when it exceeds 100%.

From 0% to 100%: standard icon color.

From 101 to 115%: yellow icon (by default).

From 116 to 130%: orange icon (by default).

From 131 to 150%: red icon (by default).

You can select other colors or choose not to display colors.

You can redefine multimedia key bindings.

Successfully tested on Cinnamon versions 2.8 to 6.4 (Linux Mint 17.3 to 22.1). Does not work on Cinnamon prior to version 2.8 (Linux Mint prior to 17.3).

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

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, making this applet highly configurable.

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.

Status of translations

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!

CHANGELOG

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v7.2.4~20241116

Fixes #6513: Always show mute icon when sound is muted.

v7.2.3~20241021

Improvements to album art display.

v7.2.2~20241019

Minor bug fix.

v7.2.1~20241018

Some improvements to fix #6504.

v7.2.0~20241017

Fixes #6504. (Improvements are planed.)

v7.1.1~20241016

Avoids loud cracking sound at shutdown.
Option removed. This is basic now.

v7.1.0~20241013

Option to try to avoid loud cracking sound at shutdown.
Fixes https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues/12446.

v7.0.0~20241011

Compatible with Cinnamon 6.4.

v6.18.1~20240907

Fixes #6301.

v6.18.0~20240731

Improves certain icons.
Improved support for Pulse Effects and Easy Effects.

v6.17.3~20240702

Fixes #6143.

v6.17.2~20240702

Fixes #6143

v6.17.1~20240609

Prevents Cvc.MixerControl from being executed more than once.

v6.17.0~20240608

Regression fixed: track info can be displayed on the panel again.

v6.16.0~20240605

Shortcuts tab of this applet settings: Added a button to define multimedia shortcuts identical to those in Cinnamon.

v6.15.0~20240523

From now on, use Ctrl+wheel or Shift+wheel to control microphone volume.
New option: "Display icon indicating that the microphone is activated, if applicable".
New icons, with green microphone.
Fixes FR #6026.
Allows user to set the time to disappear for the seeker tooltip.

v6.14.0~20240520

Displays above the seeker the time it will take to be in the track if clicked.

v6.13.0~20240514

Fixes #6008: Added the option to avoid displaying controllers twice.

v6.12.0~20240512

Adds a keyboard shortcut to switch between players.
Fixes #5989.
Minor bugfixes and improvements.

v6.11.0~20240506

Created Sounds section in Sound tab of settings.
Improved keyboard shortcuts management.
Fixes #5967.

v6.10.0~20240424

Created OSD section in Sound tab of settings.
Adds option: Whether the media keys osd is disabled or its relative display size.

v6.9.1~20240420

Fixes #5767.

v6.9.0~20240417

Better management of art-covers.

v6.8.0~20240416

Fixes #5721: Adds Previous and Next track shortcuts.

v6.7.3~20240410

Fixes #5678: Adds an option to keep open the player list in menu.

v6.7.2~20240402

New option: whether show OSD on startup.

v6.7.1~20240401

Improves 'audio-volume-muted' icons.

v6.7.0~20240329

New icons.

v6.6.0~20240328

Greater interaction with Radio3.0@claudiux: The Previous, Next, Stop and Close buttons act on this applet.

v6.5.7~20240328

Finalizing bug fixes.

v6.5.6~20240327

Some bugfixes.

v6.5.5~20240322

Fixes #5622 (icon when a browser is the source).

v6.5.4~20240322

Improves playerctld management.

v6.5.3~20240321

Runs playerctld, if exists.
Minor bugfixes.
Ready for LM 22.
Fixes #5616.

v6.5.2~20240320

Fixes #5604

v6.5.1~20240320

Improved seeker for Spotify.

v6.5.0~20240319

Improved seeker. Elapsed time and duration are now displayed on either side of the seeker in the menu.

v6.4.3~20240317

Removes CR errors (A wrong style had been applied; style=null should be used instead of style="").

v6.4.2~20240315

Allows the user to remove the sound@cinnamon.org applet from the panel, as it is incompatible with sound150@claudiux.
Fixed bugs concerning icon adaptation to volume or microphone level.

v6.4.1~20240313

Bugfixes about ZettaLite data.

v6.4.0~20240312

Adds keyboard shortcut Pause/Play.

v6.3.5~20240311

Take into account XML data from ZettaLite to get artist and title.

v6.3.4~20240310

Redefining volume keyboard shortcuts becomes optional.

v6.3.3~20240310

Fixes definitively #5576.

v6.3.2~20240309

Fixes #5579.

v6.3.1~20240308

Fixes #5576.

v6.3.0~20240308

Allows to display icon indicating that the microphone is muted, if applicable.
Sound volume: Now can magnetize all multiples of 25%.

v6.2.2~20240304

Removes error messages about length which wasn't an valid value.

v6.2.1~20240226

Helps the user to install playerctl.
icon.png replaced.

v6.2.0~20240225

Displays the cover of the song broadcast by the Radio3.0@claudiux applet, when available.

v6.1.0~20240224

Fixes song art display for vlc when changing song.
Adds the easyeffects option to the context menu when installed, to launch it.

v6.0.0~20240221

The art album icon is now correctly removed when changing streams.
Shows album art (or song art) even if mpris:artUrl is not in the metadata!

v5.1.1~20240118

Use Ctrl-Middle-Click or Shift-Middle-Click to toggle mute as defined in settings.
Takes into account an undefined input.
Updates French translation.

v5.1.0~20240109

Updates README.md
Adds two options to the Icon tab settings that are already in the Behavior tab, but which also concern the icon.

v5.0.0~20240109

Modifies the presentation of settings, with tabs.
Allows the user to change the icon colors.

v4.7.0~20240106

Adds the ability to redefine multimedia shortcuts.

v4.6.0~20231216

Adds the ability to display the volume level near the icon.

v4.5.0~20231124

Adds a shift-middle click action (mute/unmute microphone by default). Thanks to @sphh!

v4.4.1~20231103

Update the contextual menu when flipping the 'Mute input' switch in the settings.

v4.4.0~20231101

Allow to always show the 'Mute input' switch in contextual menu.

v4.3.0~20231026

Fixes 5005: Icon color changing with theme

v4.2.0~20231012

Try to distinguish between the artist and the song title.

v4.1.1~20230719

Change style of 'sound-player-overlay' with "height: auto;". Thanks to Hilyxx!

v4.1.0~20230717

Show entire title (wrapped) in player section (opening menu). Look at discussion 79.
v4.0.0~20230701
Fixes alignment error, like the sound Cinnamon applet (Cinnamon 5.8).

v3.1.0~20230520

Fixes a deprecation.

v3.0.0~20230310

Rebase and update for cinnamon 5.4 (thanks to @rcalixte).
Overwrite existing binding of AudioRaiseVolume and AudioLowerVolume keysym. (Fixes issue #9919)

v2.0.0~20200731

New code for Cinnamon 4.4 (Mint 19.3) and Cinnamon 4.6 (Mint 20).
During volume slider dragging, a tooltip containing the value of the volume percentage is shown.
Now use Cinnamon Settings to set amplification (ie change the value of maximum volume).
The @Rodrigo-Barros patch to show Spotify-Player album art is now included! Many thanks to him!

v1.5.1

Fixes a typo.
v1.5.0
Fixes an issue in Cinnamon 3.6.x, setting right permissions to script files

v1.4.2

Change the appearance of the applet icon when colors are not in use, to better alert the user when the sound is greater than 100%.

v1.4.1

The magnetic property of the 100% mark becomes optionnal.
Translations:
- Available languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian and now Danish (thanks to @Alan01!).

v1.4.0

The 100% mark in sound settings becomes magnetic.
The applet and sound settings sliders become synchronized.

v1.3.4

This sound150@claudiux applet becomes multiversion:
- Cinnamon 3.4 & 3.6 (Linux Mint 18.2 & 18.3)
- Cinnamon 2.8, 3.0 & 3.2 (Linux Mint 17.3, 18 & 18.1)
Seems to be ready for Cinnamon 3.8 (Linux Mint 19). Thanks to @jaszhix !

v1.3.3

This sound150@claudiux applet becomes multiversion:
- Cinnamon 3.6 (Linux Mint 18 to 18.3)
- Cinnamon 2.8 (Linux Mint 17.3) (NEW)

v1.3.2

Translations:
- Available languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, and now Russian (thanks to @sem5959!).

v1.3.1

Fixes a bug : Now, the reloading of this applet after installing new .mo files (for translations) takes place a few seconds after it is initialized, to avoid a crash of the applet or even Cinnamon.
Code modified to suit the import methods of .js files in Cinnamon 3.8. Thanks to @jaszhix!

v1.3.0

No more stylesheet.css; uses theme's style sheet for better look.
Colors become optionnal.
Applet is now able to increase the volume up to maximum of capabilities of the sound card. But to let a security margin, this option is not proposed to user.
Set scripts/generate_mo.sh executable.
Set default max volume to 150%.

v1.2.0

Added a mark on the sliders to signal the '100%' position of the volume.

v1.1.0

Possibility of choosing, in settings, the value of incrementation/decrementation of the volume (in % of nominal volume).
The "100%" value is magnetic.

v1.0.0

Allows to set maximum volume up to 150% of the nominal volume of the sound card.
Displays coloured icons and slides when volume is greater than 100%.
Translations:
- Automatic installation of the translation files.
- Available languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian.
- The sound150@claudiux.pot file is present in the /po directory.

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162 Comments

claudiux-5 days ago

Thanks to @benmccann and @timfeierabend for helping me to solve some issues! From now this applet: - plays a volume change sound after a mouse drag, - always shows mute icon when sound is muted.

MarcoB0049-1 month ago

Hey, GREAT! This works perfectly again now! Great job! All of your little helpers make our lives and work on the computer more pleasant! Thank you very much for that! PS: I clicked "Submit" too quickly.

claudiux-1 month ago

Great! If you like this applet, please add a star at the top of this page.

MarcoB0049-1 month ago

Hey, GREAT! This works perfectly again now!

MarcoB0049-1 month ago

Hi, thanks for the quick answer! I had already called up the sound settings ($ cinnamon-settings sound -t 4) and tried to fix the bug with them. No success, unfortunately. Today's update hasn't changed anything, unfortunately. What I forgot to mention, the sound here also runs via PulseEffects. error t=2024-10-15T13:48:15Z [sound150@claudiux]: GSettings key maximum-volume not found in schema org.cinnamon.desktop.sound [sound150@claudiux]: Failed to evaluate 'main' function on applet: sound150@claudiux/56 error t=2024-10-15T13:48:15Z [sound150@claudiux]: Applet sound150@claudiux: Could not create applet object. [sound150@claudiux]: Error importing applet.js from sound150@claudiux

claudiux-1 month ago

You've installed Cinnamon 6.2.9 on Linux Mint 21.3... from github I presume? Well, if this is the case, github version of Cinnamon already contains some code for 6.4 version. So, please try using this command: mv ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/sound150\@claudiux/6.4 ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/sound150\@claudiux/6.2 Then logout and login.

MarcoB0049-1 month ago

Hi, seit dem akt. Update zeigt in Looking Glass/Log folgende Fehlermeldung an: Hi, since the act. Update shows the following error message in Looking Glass/Log: error t=2024-10-13T11:17:57Z [sound150@claudiux]: GSettings key maximum-volume not found in schema org.cinnamon.desktop.sound [sound150@claudiux]: Failed to evaluate 'main' function on applet: sound150@claudiux/49 error t=2024-10-13T11:17:57Z [sound150@claudiux]: Applet sound150@claudiux: Could not create applet object. [sound150@claudiux]: Error importing applet.js from sound150@claudiux Auch eine komplette Neuinstallation, inkl. download von sound150@claudiux, ändert daran nichts. Even a complete reinstallation, including downloading sound150@claudiux, doesn't change anything. System: Kernel: 6.11.0-061100-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.2.9 tk: GTK 3.24.33 info: kdocker wm: muffin dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy

claudiux-1 month ago

Hi, I can't reproduce this on Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia with Cinnamon 6.0.4. I don't have installed Cinnamon 6.2.9. Maybe your install of Cinnamon 6.2.9 is incomplete? Please try running this command: `cinnamon-settings sound -t 4`. Maximum volume should appear.

claudiux-1 month ago

Thanks to @clefebvre, this applet is ready for Cinnamon 6.4!

neroxyr-2 months ago

The favorite player would be great. As I have some tabs in vivaldi and the menu is populated by them, and i don't want to control them via applet. I have to switch every time to user the media keys

Stef_DP-3 months ago

Not sure if that's the right place for feature requests, but would it be possible to have a favorite media player (maybe in the "Choose player controls" there might be a star to select it as favorite) so when you have that app open and you use the media keys they stop/play the media on that specific app instead of the latest one you used. (And just use the latest one if the favorite one is not open or unset). (Don't know much about applets so I don't know if it's possible but would be nice to have).

claudiux-3 months ago

I'll think about it; it seems possible.

Admiral-Harkov-3 months ago

How can I add e.g. Audacious to the list of media players? I have Mint 21.3 and the newest version of Enhanced Sound applet installed. I have a vertical task bar.

claudiux-3 months ago

Simply install audacious and launch it. It appears in the media player list. Tested on LM22; I'm going to try it with LM21.3. I also have a vertical taskbar.

Admiral-Harkov-2 months ago

Audacious was already installed but it doesn't show up in the media player list, there is only VLC, Firefox and SMPlayer. Even when Audacious is running (case this is a condition) it doesn't appear in the media player list. Is LM21.3 the problem? I plan to update to LM22 soon.

Stef_DP-5 months ago

I enabled "Show song information on the panel" setting and set the character limit to 30, tho it doesn't display the song name while official cinnamon applet (sound@cinnamon.org) does

claudiux-5 months ago

I'll try to solve this problem. Thank you for reporting it.

claudiux-5 months ago

Fixed in v6.17.0.

Stef_DP-5 months ago

Thanks, now i can switch from cinnamon's one to this one

claudiux-5 months ago

Please note that track info can't be displayed on a vertical panel.

Stef_DP-5 months ago

I always have only 1 horizontal panel on the bottom

claudiux-5 months ago

v6.16.0 is here. In the Shortcuts tab of this applet's settings, a button lets you configure all multimedia shortcuts so that they are identical to those defined in Cinnamon.

claudiux-5 months ago

v6.15.0 is here with new features about microphone and seeker. From now on, an OSD is shown while changing microphone volume and this microphone volume can be modified by using Ctrl+wheel or Shift+wheel on this applet icon. New icons are available corresponding to the new option "Display icon indicating that the microphone is activated, if applicable". Enjoy it all!

claudiux-5 months ago

v6.14.0 is available with a new enhancement: by hovering over the seeker, you can see which time will be selected when you click on it.

Dan-cer-6 months ago

I am so happy to have this applet. It has been enriched with some features in the updated version, especially the shortcuts. An all-round wonderful application! Many thanks to @claudiux!

claudiux-6 months ago

Many thanks to you @Dan-cer! You helped me improve this applet.

Dan-cer-6 months ago

You're welcome! I just love the applet.

demonspork-6 months ago

Amazing applet! Is there any way to restore the stock cinnamon volume up/down OSD instead of just a tooltip from the Sound 150% applet? I had to do the rebinding approach because I needed to adjust the increment % and I noticed the OSD changed. I have another idea for the volume control increment percentage: an "Auto" option. The idea is that if you tap the same key multiple times it jumps the increment to a slightly higher percentage as you keep pressing it. This is what I think Windows 11 does. This can also be extended to having different scaling based on volume percentage. If someone is at 10% volume and turning it down, it could be weighted so that the algorithm doesn't as easily engage and the increments stay small, and vice versa for high volumes, the auto-scaling increments would mostly stay small if the user is increasing above 90%. This auto approach could also apply to continuous press of the volume up/down keys, because currently it reaches max/min volume extremely quickly even at 1%/2% increments. I'm not sure how held down keystrokes work under the hood, but locking the adjustments to a max of X/second when the key is pressed would make holding down volume keys more useful.

claudiux-6 months ago

Interesting idea. I'll think about it. The OSD exists. Why can't you see it?

claudiux-6 months ago

I've created a section named OSD in the Sound tab of this applet settings. Please try it and tell me if that solves your problem.

claudiux-7 months ago

v6.8.0 Add two shortcuts: Next track and Previous track. Thanks to Dan-cer who suggested this.

claudiux-7 months ago

v6.7.3 is here. It adds an option to keep the list of players open in the menu.

yesdrs13-7 months ago

Hi Claudiux. Just had to tell you, I absolutely LOVE the option in the [Icon] tab of "Display volume level near icon"! I don't have to guess my volume level anymore whenever I return to my computer.

claudiux-7 months ago

Hi yesdrs13, That's why I've implemented this feature. I'm glad you like it.

angelotux-7 months ago

Why does the icon with the percentage appear when I start Linux? it lasts a couple of seconds

claudiux-7 months ago

v6.7.2 is for you. In the Sound tab of this applet, you can choose whether or not to display the volume in the OSD at startup.

angelotux-7 months ago

claudiux I saw that you made many applets can you also make extensions? could we possibly bring in some compiz effects for cinnamon? we only have wobbly created by hermes83. the mint team has no interest in these effects and I noticed that several distros are returning effects such as windows catching fire, cube, magic lamp etc..

claudiux-7 months ago

For workspaces, I now use the Smart Panel extension: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/extensions/view/80

claudiux-7 months ago

I don't plan to create any more extensions. I miss the Burning Window effect. But it's very difficult to recreate.

angelotux-7 months ago

they all must be like you thank you very much

claudiux-7 months ago

Thanks for helping me improve this applet.

claudiux-7 months ago

v6.7.0 is here. It offers new icons. You can suggest better ones, if you like.

claudiux-7 months ago

v6.6.0 is here. The Previous, Next, Stop and Close buttons can now act on the Radio3.0@claudiux applet.

claudiux-7 months ago

v6.5.6 is here. It fixes some bugs.

claudiux-7 months ago

Please note that the seeker works correctly with celluloid 0.26+ (which will be present on LM22). celluloid prior to version 0.26 does not send positions via mpris. (This comment is too technical, isn't it? Sorry.)

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.5.2 is here. Those who had problems with the volume step (+/-) not being taken into account should have no more problems.

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.5.1 improves the seeker in menu for Spotify and VLC.

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.5.0 is here! It improves the seeker in the menu: Elapsed time and duration are now displayed on either side of the seeker. You can go back in time, even if you're listening to the stream of a web-radio station (in the already listened-to section). It works great with the Radio3.0 applet! Enjoy it!

Pierre WOZNIAK-8 months ago

Same issue as yesdrs13 with 6.4.3 version. I'm using Linux Mint 21.3 with 5.15.0-100-generic x86_64 kernel. I set +/- to 1% in sound150 When I use my keyboard volume key to increase or decrease, it steps to +5% or -5% not ±1% ! I restart cinnamon "Alt+F2 - r" but same issue I restart computer -> same issue So I try to reassign shortcuts and then it works ! I think it may helps other peoples !

claudiux-8 months ago

Simply check the "Redefine volume keyboard shortcuts" box. That's all there is to it.

claudiux-8 months ago

Thank you very much, Pierre!

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.4.3 is here and removes all nasty bugs. Enjoy it!

yesdrs13-8 months ago

Very awesome app and am grateful for it (and developer). One small problem I ran into is the volume step stays at 5% even though the app shows only 1% or any other % except 5% which is where it's "stuck". Any ideas how to solve this?

claudiux-8 months ago

In the Sound tab of settings, try clicking on the first button: "Maximum Volume Control".

yesdrs13-8 months ago

Oh, forgot to mention, I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.2 on an Acer Aspire E 15 (E5-576G).

yesdrs13-8 months ago

No, unfortunately that's not doing any changes. I probably didn't explain this well. I wish I could show you screenshots on here. I'll try to be as detailed as possible going by my screenshots I have. 1- [150 app, sound tab, showing 1% selected as the +/-; also showing an onscreen volume display of 25%] 2- [still showing 150 app as before and no changes made; increased the volume, but now the onscreen volume display shows 30% instead of 26%] 3- [150 app, sound tab, changed the +/- to 10%] 4- [still showing 150 app as #3 and no changes made; onscreen volume display showing 35%] 5- [still showing 150 app no changes; increased the volume, but this time the onscreen volume display shows 40% instead of 45%] It's showing the change in the +/- option, but not on the onscreen volume display where it either increases or decreases by 5 every time.

claudiux-8 months ago

Are you using both applets sound and sound150? Remove sound applet and reboot Cinnamon.

yesdrs13-8 months ago

Sorry I've been MIA. The system sound has been disabled and I did a reboot of my computer, but still getting the same result. I have just posted the issue with screenshots.

claudiux-8 months ago

Please open an issue. Thus, you'll can post screenshots.

clriis-8 months ago

Am wondering if it's possible to make a keyboard shortcut option for 'play/pause'. I got a couple of empty keys and at times it's more convenient than using the mouse.

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.4.0 is for you!

clriis-8 months ago

Thank you very much!!!! Absolutely brilliant :-)

clriis-8 months ago

Please ignore my last comment. After a reboot everything is in order with v6.3.3. So sorry. It's really progressing into a very useful appet.

claudiux-8 months ago

I just made v6.3.4 to add an option to ignore volume shortcut redefinition. I'm glad you like this applet.

clriis-8 months ago

I use a Thinkpad X13 Yoga and I am experiencing the exact same issue as @EZoldin; the 'Volume Mute' shortcut no longer works. Under the tab 'Shortcuts' it identifies as 'Audio mute' but it doesn't do anything. v6.3.3, Mint Cinnamon 21.3

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.3.2 is here. Now, by clicking on the icon next to the Volume or Microphone slider, you can mute or unmute it.

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.3.0 is here! It allows you to display icon indicating that the microphone is muted, if applicable. Sound volume: Now can allow to magnetize all multiples of 25%. Enjoy it! It took a lot of time to do.

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.2.1 is here. It helps the user to install playerctl, if necessary.

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.2.0: Dependency: please install _playerctl_: `pkcon install playerctl`

claudiux-8 months ago

sudo pkcon install playerctl

claudiux-8 months ago

v6.2.0 of sound150 is here! I recommend that you also use the Radio3.0@claudiux applet to take full advantage of both. https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/360

claudiux-8 months ago

The version 6.1.0 of sound150@claudiux is here! From now on, when a song file (mp3, flac ...) contains a cover, it is displayed as an icon for this applet. Tested with these players: * celluloid * mpv * vlc * rhythmbox * audacious This should work whatever player you use. In addition, if easyeffects is installed, you can open it using the easyeffects option in the context menu. Enjoy all this!

EZoldin-9 months ago

I've used "Sound 150%" applet many year and was very satisfied. But starting few days ago I remarked, that the volume-mute shortcut does not work any more - I have ThinkPad T14 with Linux Mint 21.3, Cinnamon 6.0.4, Kernel 6.5.0-18 . The volume shortcuts are Volume-mute - Fn+F1 with small LED indicator Volume-down - Fn+F2 Volume-up - Fn+F3 Mic-mute - Fn+F4 with small LED indicator All of them but the volume-mute work fine. After many keyboard shortcut checks and experiments I've found, that removing of "Sound 150%" applet cures the problem! If the applet is active - placed in the panel tray - the problem comes. Interesting, that if the volume is lowered down up to zero then the small LED indicator on F1-key comes on, volume upping - is off. Even volume-mute per mouse click direct in the applet makes the LED on/off, but the shortcut does not function as long as the applet is active. I've already tried to reinstall the applet, no effect. Regards

claudiux-9 months ago

Open "Configure..."; in the "Shortcuts" tab, delete all the shortcuts or use the same ones as in Cinnamon. Please let me know if it works.

clriis-9 months ago

I can't get it to show AlbumArt (Cover) from Celluloid. ------ Linux Mint 21.3

claudiux-8 months ago

Please try v6.0.0.

claudiux-9 months ago

Celluloid does not send the mpris:artUrl metadata. Thus, the art cover cannot be displayed.

claudiux-8 months ago

To display all the metadata sent by a player while a song is playing: playerctl -a metadata

claudiux-10 months ago

v5.1.1 is here. It now fixes a bug in Cinnamon's 'sound' applet, which will be corrected there later.

claudiux-10 months ago

v5.0.0 is here. It modifies the presentation of settings, with tabs. It allows the user to change the icon colors.

claudiux-10 months ago

v4.7.0 is here - It adds the ability to redefine multimedia shortcuts, which is useful when your predefined shortcuts don't increase/decrease the volume per step (+/-) defined in this applet settings.

claudiux-10 months ago

You should remove the bindings from the Cinnamon shortcuts though (in Cinnamon settings -> Keyboard).

mildly-useful-11 months ago

Thank you very much for your work and continued updates for this throughout the years! I I do have a request, I installed this applet precisely so that my Volume Up and Volume Down keyboard shortcuts decrease the volume by custom increments, and not the default 5%. It's awesome that we can now set the max volume to 150%, but can you please make the applet also modify Cinnamon's default increment, so that the volume shortcuts work with the new increment setting? I'm using Linux Mint 21.2 and the volume increment setting doesn't seem to make any difference when it comes to shortcuts. And a custom shortcut like "amixer set Master playback 2%-" does not show any OSD message, which I really want, so I would prefer if the applet would just modify the default increment instead of messing with custom shortcuts.

claudiux-10 months ago

Are you sure you've removed the sound@cinnamon.org applet from your panel? Do not use sound@cinnamon.org and sound150@claudiux at the same time. I have no problems with the multimedia keys or the OSD. If I set the pitch (+/-) to 3%, for example, each press of the volumeUp key increases the volume by 3% and the OSD shows the correct volume level.

mildly-useful-10 months ago

Yep. I did remove the default cinnamon sound and only used sound150 instead on my panels. I can set the percentage to anything from 1% to 6%, but it will only work if I hover my mouse over sound150 and use the scroll wheel. Then, it will correctly adjust the sound by how much I desire and the OSD information is displayed correctly as well. The problem is, I cannot do the same if I use the "Volume up" and "Volume down" binds from the Keyboard shortcuts in Mint, in the Sound and Media section. And this is important to me because I want to adjust the sound while in a video or game, without looking at the panel. My kernel version is 6.2.0-39-generic, DE is Cinnamon 5.8.4. Other applets I have in the panel are things like psensor, weather applet, memory usage, etc. nothing related to sound.

claudiux-10 months ago

There are too many different cases to consider here. Please open an issue.

claudiux-11 months ago

v4.6.0 is here - It adds the ability to display the volume level near the icon

claudiux-11 months ago

v4.5.0 is here. It adds a shift-middle click action on applet icon, configurable in the settings. By default it mutes/unmutes the microphone.

claudiux-11 months ago

Thanks to @spph!

claudiux-11 months ago

@sphh, sorry!

claudiux-1 year ago

v4.3.0 is here. Now the icon color changes according to the theme.

claudiux-1 year ago

v4.2.0 is here! It try to distinguish between the artist and the song title, in the menu.

Hilyx-1 year ago

With new commits in version 1.4.1 (thank you @claudiux), you must make theses changes until official themes are updated. (issue with height, player buttons and multi line titles) : --- (in root) Go to usr/share/themes (for official themes) --- --- or home/.local/ (for custom themes)--- and find cinnamon.css in themes folder (mint y, x...). In cinnamon.css find "sound-player-overlay" and below , remove "height" line. (example : height: 5.6em;)

claudiux-1 year ago

Easier: In the applet.js script for sound150@claudiux, replace the line : `this.trackInfo = new St.BoxLayout({style_class: 'sound-player-overlay', important: true, vertical: true}) ;` by the line: `this.trackInfo = new St.BoxLayout({style_class: 'sound-player-overlay', style: 'height: auto;', important: true, vertical: true}) ;`

Hilyx-1 year ago

ah ba oui.. comme ça c'est plus simple ^^

claudiux-1 year ago

Most easier: Update to v4.1.1!

Hilyx-1 year ago

it's done !

claudiux-1 year ago

Since version 1.4.1, this applet displays the entire title played (when the menu is open).

angelotux-1 year ago

Very nice

claudiux-1 year ago

Thank you.

PlateauRealm-1 year ago

Is there a text configuration file that references or maintains the positional setting of the slider control between reboots? I would like to read that value into a bash script variable. Is this possible?

claudiux-1 year ago

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/32206/set-volume-from-terminal On my computer, with pulseaudio installed: $ pactl get-sink-volume 1 returns: Volume: front-left: 49118 / 75% / -7,51 dB, front-right: 49118 / 75% / -7,51 dB balance 0,00

PlateauRealm-1 year ago

This is a portion of the script that I am developing: #The Sound 150% Volume Control applet, if installed, can be adjusted to allow for exceeding the 100% volume level. #The Sound150 variable below is set to match the slider button positional value set in the Sound 150% app. Sound150=120 #Test for Sound 150% applet installation. If applet is not installed, set max_vol_limit to 100 if [[ -d "/home/$USER/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/sound150@claudiux" ]]; then max_vol_limit=$Sound150 else max_vol_limit=100 fi

PlateauRealm-1 year ago

BTW, on my system, pactl get-sink-volume 0 gives me the current default sink volume that the system tray volume setting controls. The setting that I am looking for, though, that I would like to reference, is not the current volume setting of 60%, but the max allowable volume button positional marker setting of 120% that I have set in Sound150. Unfortunately, this comment section does not allow for uploading of screen captures to more clearly detail what I mean.

claudiux-1 year ago

To get the maximum volume allowed: $ gsettings get org.cinnamon.desktop.sound maximum-volume

TomDC777-2 years ago

Could you make it so that the menu lets you choose your audio output without launching settings? https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets/issues/4531 Thanks!

claudiux-2 years ago

Please right-click on the applet icon.

David Martinka-4 years ago

Very nice improvement on the default sound applet. This should be merged in to the default sound applet!

claudiux-4 years ago

Version 2.0.0 of sound150@claudiux is here, with many improvements ! Enjoy it!

Ducvoccer-4 years ago

Can you add short cut to increase and decrease volume? such as: ctrl + up to increase and ctrl + down to decrease.

claudiux-4 years ago

Maybe you can use the system shortcuts: System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts tab -> Sounds and media I prefer not to add a shortcut in this applet, which could interfere with those of the system.

Ducvoccer-4 years ago

But as you know, system shortcuts only control 0-100% volume sound.

claudiux-4 years ago

You are right! I'll see what I can do with this applet or with Cinnamon.

Ducvoccer-4 years ago

yes, thank you. I'm looking forward to enjoying.

claudiux-4 years ago

Enjoy ! Now, with sound150@claudiux v2.0.0, system shortcuts control 0-150% volume sound.

Lucero Alvarado-4 years ago

Hi! Is it normal if it doesn't show the album art cover for spotify? thanks

claudiux-4 years ago

I do not use spotify. I will try it.

claudiux-4 years ago

Spotify tried. Effectively, the album art cover is not displayed.

claudiux-4 years ago

Now, sound150@claudiux v2.0.0 shows the album art cover for Spotify player.

xzj8b3-4 years ago

It seems to create problems at startup with Cinnamon 4.6.5, which is a shame because the extension is comfortable!

claudiux-4 years ago

It works fine, on my computers, with Linux Mint 20 and Cinnamon 4.6.5. Are you sure to have the latest version of sound150? Please try to download it again using Spices Update (open Spices Update settings, Applets tab, check both boxes for sound150, then click on Refresh button).

ChooChooAl-4 years ago

Doesn't work in the new Linux Mint 20 Beta Cinnamon. Not that this won't change but heads up.

ChooChooAl-4 years ago

Message when attempting to add to my panel is that it's not compatible with my version of Cinnamon. It does download and allow me the option to add to panel.

claudiux-4 years ago

This is fixed. Please use SpicesUpdates (https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/309) to update this applet, to be sure to get the latest version.

claudiux-4 years ago

The right link: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/309

kryptto-4 years ago

I really enjoy this app, however upgraded to 19.3 getting error in Looking Glass log. When you can, please update, and thanks!

claudiux-4 years ago

Thank you! The desired update is now available. You can use Spices Update to be sure to download the latest update of sound150.

claudiux-5 years ago

Many thanks to Dragone2 for the new Italian translation!

awsms-5 years ago

Hi Claudiux, thanks for your work. The applet doesn't work with the last version of Cinnamon (4.2.3) on Mint 19.2

claudiux-5 years ago

This applet is now compatible with Cinnamon 4.2

Nitrooo-5 years ago

In the applets store I'm still getting the old "1.5.2" version.

claudiux-5 years ago

Use Spices Update v4.0.1 (or following) to no longer have this kind of inconvenience. https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/309 Please look at the comments to know how to download and install it manually: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/309#count

Nitrooo-5 years ago

Added Spices Update and starred. Thank you very much for your good work.

claudiux-5 years ago

Thank you Nitrooo!

Footbath666-5 years ago

I've never been able to get the sound applet, either this one or the standard one, to display album art on the panel. Any suggestions how I can get this to work? I usually have my music streaming from home network attached storage. Using XPlayer on 19.1 with Cinnamon 4.0.10.

claudiux-5 years ago

Using XPlayer, I never seen any album art displayed. I use Rythmbox and this works well.

claudiux-5 years ago

v1.5.2 - Now compatible with Cinnamon 4.0.10!

xzj8b3-5 years ago

Not compatible with Cinnamon 4.0.10

claudiux-6 years ago

Version 1.5.0 is here. New feature: Connect / Disconnect VPN with a single middle-click on the icon of this applet. Fixes a bug in Cinnamon 3.6: the correct script file permissions are set when starting this applet.

xzj8b3-5 years ago

Not compatible with Cinnamon 4.0.10

claudiux-5 years ago

v1.5.2 - Now compatible with Cinnamon 4.0.10!

claudiux-6 years ago

Sorry, the "New feature" above doesn't concern this applet.

claudiux-6 years ago

The 1.4.2 version of the Sound 150% applet is here.

claudiux-6 years ago

sound150@claudiux v1.4.1 is here. The magnetic property of the 100% mark becomes optionnal. New translation: Danish. Many thanks to @Allan01!

Dannation-6 years ago

Holy crap, I just realized there's an "Issues" button at the top of this page *facepalm*, I will move this to GitHub, sorry for the clutter!

Dannation-6 years ago

Started having some odd behavior with my audio recently, and narrowed it down to this applet, which I love btw! While using the native linux Spotify app, when I would adjust the in app volume (scrolling on up on the volume control within the app), everything would be normal until I would make the final adjustment to max out the volume within the app. At that point, my global volume level would be instantly changed to 100%, regardless of what it was set to before (rip ears lol). I was removing various applets and what not trying to find the culprit, and I found that after removing the sound150 applet the behavior stopped. Since I love the applet and didn't want to give it up, I dug deeper, and ended up reading the change log which mentioned 100% volume being magnetic now. I found the relevant lines in sound150@claudiux/3.4/applet.js (lines 284-288) and commented them out, this has now fixed the issue for me. Sorry for the long comment, lol, this should probably have gone on GitHub, but I couldn't find the appropriate place to leave a bug report. Looking at the if statement I commented out, my assumption would be that one of the variables mentioned in there is somehow being referenced from Spotify rather than the applet. I'm sorry I can't be of more help, I'm sadly not a JavaScript guy, but hopefully this helps on some level. I really love this applet, and thank you good sir for the excellent work, I'm now forever addicted to having only 2% volume steps rather than 5% ones. :) Also, I'm running LInux Mint 18.3, Cinnamon 3.6.7, kernel 4.16 Thanks!

claudiux-6 years ago

Hi @Dannation. Did you try to set the volume step at 1%? Normally, this cancels the magnetic effect, and allows you to fine-tune the sound volume. But I will make an option to cancel magnetic effect; it will be more elegant. Thank you for this report. Keep enjoying sound150 !

Feli Arana-4 years ago

Hi! This weird thing is happening to me too. Sometimes when I'm on a call in Slack or whenever I volume up Spotify to 100% (tried lower values, 90% 50%, only happens when reaching 100%), general sound is increased to 100%... and yeah, rip ears lol

claudiux-6 years ago

The version 1.4.0 of this applet is here.

claudiux-6 years ago

The sound150 applet v1.3.4 is here. You can contribute, coding or translating, on https://github.com/claudiux/sound150#how-to-contribute. Thank you for your next contributions !

ahmed-elsayed2017-6 years ago

doesn't work with Linux Mint 17.3. Please, Fix it.

claudiux-6 years ago

It's done ! You can update to v1.3.3 which is now available and compatible with Cinnamon 2.8 (Linux Mint 17.3).

claudiux-6 years ago

The next version (1.3.3) of this sound150@claudiux applet will be compatible with Linux Mint 17.3. If you want to test it before its disponibility in the repository, these commands can help you: * mkdir ~/git * cd ~/git * git clone -b sound150 --single-branch https://github.com/claudiux/cinnamon-spices-applets.git sound150 Then, open your file manager (nemo), press the F3 key. In the left part, display your ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets directory ; in the right part, display your ~/git/sound150/sound150@claudiux/files/ directory. Remove the sound150@claudiux directory in the left part, then replace it the one is in the right part. Restart Cinnamon. Enjoy !

claudiux-6 years ago

**then replace it by the one which is in the right part.** Sorry

claudiux-6 years ago

Ok, I will try to rewrite this applet for Linux Mint 17.3 (Cinnamon 2.8.8).

GNU / Linux-6 years ago

Помогу Вам!!!

claudiux-6 years ago

Thank you very much! Your Russian translation is now included in version 1.3.2. Большое спасибо! Ваш перевод на русский язык теперь включен в версию 1.3.2.

GNU / Linux-6 years ago

Thank You - updated! I'm already on it at the time, I thought. Definitely will help You with this.

GNU / Linux-6 years ago

Здравствуйте! Хочу Вам сказать, что очень достойный ваш апплет если честно даже неожидал. Раньше использовал апплет (Sound with apps volume) решил протестировать вашу разработку, меня очень порадовал звук музыки. За что Вам очень сильно Благодарен, теперь буду использовать ваш апплет. Спасибо Вам за ваш достойный труд !!! Hello! I want to tell You that it is very worthy your applet to be honest did not expect. Used to use an applet (Sound with apps volume) decided to test your design, I was very pleased with the sound of music. For that You are very Grateful, now I will use your applet. Thank You for your decent work !!!

claudiux-6 years ago

Thank you! You can now update to version 1.3.1, which is compatible with all themes. Please, could you translate in Russian the messages of this applet, using the file po/sound150@claudiux.pot and the poedit software? That would be very kind of you. Спасибо! Теперь вы можете обновить версию 1.3.1, совместимую со всеми темами. Пожалуйста, не могли бы вы перевести на русском сообщения этого апплета, используя файл po/sound150@claudiux.pot и программное обеспечение poedit? Это было бы очень мило с вашей стороны.

claudiux-6 years ago

Please note that, by default, the maximum volume is set to 100% of nominal volume. You can change this in Settings... Make good use of it!

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