[Feature Request] Lower Default Volume

[ghost]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The first time you start audio in the web interface, it can be quite deafening.

Describe the solution you'd like

Either:

• A lower default volume to begin with
• A configurable default volume through an environment variable

Describe alternative solutions that would also satisfy this problem

Simply having the first-time volume put into localStorage as something lower than 100% would be fantastic, if nothing else.

Additional context

Reddit discussion link.

[jvoisin]

This seems to be an issue with your operating system volume settings.

[certuna]

Yeah I'm a bit puzzled by this - is Navidrome louder than other websites?

[deluan]

Hey @xnaas maybe the issue you are experiencing is related to this? lijinke666/react-music-player#379

[ghost]

@deluan: maybe, maybe not? I'm not sure if it's quite the same issue or not. I don't know if that change would resolve full logouts as well as just closing the player.

[deluan]

Hey @xnaas, after a big refactor in the Player state management code, I was able to set a default value. Please check if this solves the issue for you. If not, feel free to reopen the issue.

[ghost]

@deluan: Is this a change that's already pushed to a released version, or do I need to build from source to test?

[deluan]

It is in the latest dev build: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/actions/runs/1002861479 (click on the binaries artifact at the bottom). Also in Docker, by using the tag deluan/navidrome:develop.

But if you prefer to wait for a release, thats fine. Should be end of this month.

[ghost]

Version: | 0.44.1-SNAPSHOT (b34d77f)

Still quite loud, but it is technically lower. Would definitely love if this was configurable via an Environment Variable or some such. 😅

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Edit: What I find interesting is that the value you set in 24d4c81 is 0.5, but this looks more like 0.75 or something to me:

[deluan]

Yeah, this is due to the way the React-Player implements logarithmic volume: lijinke666/react-music-player#266 Will probably change it to be really 50%

Adding a config option for this is adding more code to maintain and unless there are more users affected by it, it is not worth (IMHO). Hope reducing it to real 50% will make it better

[ghost]

Yeah, this is due to the way the React-Player implements logarithmic volume: lijinke666/react-music-player#266 Will probably change it to be really 50%

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the info.

Adding a config option for this is adding more code to maintain and unless there are more users affected by it, it is not worth (IMHO).

Fair enough; it's your project, not mine. :D

Hope reducing it to real 50% will make it better

Definitely will. Thanks again. :)

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