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20.11.2010 20:30:16

System volume in smaller steps/increments?

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I'm looking for a way to adjust the system volume in smaller steps/increments? This is possible on my system's apple keyboard using SHIFT + OPTION + VOLUME UP/DOWN. I've tried building a custom action, but pressing VOLUME UP/DOWN on the Apple keyboard doesn't do anything when building the keystroke combination.

I'm using OS X 10.6.5 with Remote Buddy 1.16.6 and a Logitech Harmony 300. Audio output is through the headphone jack on my Mini to self-amplified Bose speakers. Adjusting the system volume with the Harmony 300 remote works fine, but the volume steps/increments are the fairly large default steps/increments.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Configuration

How do I add a new action to a Behaviour - f.ex. an emulated key press or AppleScript? (FAQ015E0153)
1) Open the Remote Buddy Preferences via the pulldown-menu and choose "Mapping".
2) Choose the mapping you want to modify.
3) Select "Custom actions" for the button you want to map to an action of your own.
4) Create the action you need using the appearing editor.

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

User

21.01.2011 14:42:39

Re: System volume in smaller steps/increments?

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+1
I'm also want that feature, as I use my Mac to directly send audio to a power amplifier (and thus manage volume at a system level), I need fine grained volume management, otherwise the volume is often too loud or too soft.

But I found a workaround, I didn't have the time to really test though :
Create a custom action, with an applescript function: (this one increases by step of 1
"
set current_volume to output volume of (get volume settings)

if current_volume is less than 100 then
set current_volume to current_volume + 1
end if

set volume output volume current_volume
"
(do not copy the double quotes, only what's inside)
You can decrease volume by 1 using :
" set current_volume to output volume of (get volume settings)

if current_volume is more of 0 then
set current_volume to current_volume - 1
end if

set volume output volume current_volume
"

As I said earlier, I haven't tested it yet (not at home currently), but it might work. But having the possibility to repeat the SHIFT+OPTION+Volume up/down would be easier (and also would bring the possibility to display the volume OSD.

I really hope the RB developpers implement it soon!

User

22.01.2011 02:48:49

Re: System volume in smaller steps/increments?

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Arnaud, in general your suggestion is a good one, I tried it a while back. I'd recommend people give it a try to see if it works for them.

I quit using the script solution and have returned to using the default RB system volume. I was not completely happy with the way the script solution worked (no onscreen display and had some unexpected behaviour when certain programs were active - can't remember which).

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