Sound level setting?

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

"hardware" does appear, in addition to "software", "fixed", and "null"

I've tried @Nutul suggestion (no unity 0dB option, so speakers set at roughly 50%), however I then start hearing some static when no audio is playing. So that's not a great solution either...

Any others suggestion I could try?

Ok, with moOde set to "Hardware" volume does the moOde volume knob vary the volume of both the headphone out and line level out, or just the headphone out and line level is always at 100% volume ?

With hardware setting it's always at 100% volume output

Ok, that confirms that the hardware volume controller in the device operates only the headphone out.

When a device has a hardware volume controller there are certain settings in moOde that result in its volume (ALSA volume) being set to 0dB so the overall device volume is 0dB at 100% moOde (MPD) or renderer volume.

For the Headphone output:

Volume type    ALSA 0dB set            Max ALSA volume applies
--------------------------------------------------------------
Hardware       When knob is 100        Yes
Software       When configured         Yes
Fixed (0dB)    When configured         Yes

Renderer       ALSA 0dB set             Max ALSA volume applies
---------------------------------------------------------------
Bluetooth      When renderer connects   Yes
AirPlay        When renderer connects   Yes
Spotify.       When renderer connects   Yes

For the Line level output in the device, since it is always at 0dB moOde settings don't have any effect.