Setting volume precisely and quickly

[joebar]

I vary the volume on my MP3 player roughly between -50 and -30 when listening through headphones. Then I set it to 0 by rotating the click wheel several revolutions when I connect it to external speakers. I just discovered the Perceptual Volume Adjustment Mode which helps, but then I lose the fine grain adjustment at low volumes. Would the Number of Volume Steps option help? I couldn't find any documentation on how to set it.
Is there another way to keep single-digit steps at low volumes and have a quick way to jump to max volume? Something like the acceleration with rewind and fast-forward would be nice. Or Shortcuts? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[Bilgus]

We have a way to set the value of a setting as of 4.0
But I'm not sure that you can have multiple values per setting

[iPodVT]

I believe you can have any number of shortcuts for setting various specific volumes.  A single example is:

[shortcut]
type: apply
data: volume: -10
name:
icon:
talkclip:

A shortcut to the general Volumes setting selector would be:

[shortcut]
type: setting
data: volume
name:
icon:
talkclip:

In both examples you could specify your own custom names and icons that would appear for each shortcut in the list of shortcuts.

[joebar]

I believe you can have any number of shortcuts for setting various specific volumes.  A single example is:

[shortcut]
type: apply
data: volume: -10
name:
icon:
talkclip:

A shortcut to the general Volumes setting selector would be:

[shortcut]
type: setting
data: volume
name:
icon:
talkclip:

In both examples you could specify your own custom names and icons that would appear for each shortcut in the list of shortcuts.

Thanks! This is a nice feature. Can I combine two actions into one shortcut? I have one directory with files that are played at full volume, and another directory at low volume. I use shortcuts to change directories. If I could set the volume when I change directories that would be perfect.

[iPodVT]

I believe you can have any number of shortcuts for setting various specific volumes.  A single example is:

[shortcut]
type: apply
data: volume: -10
name:
icon:
talkclip:

A shortcut to the general Volumes setting selector would be:

[shortcut]
type: setting
data: volume
name:
icon:
talkclip:

In both examples you could specify your own custom names and icons that would appear for each shortcut in the list of shortcuts.

Thanks! This is a nice feature. Can I combine two actions into one shortcut? I have one directory with files that are played at full volume, and another directory at low volume. I use shortcuts to change directories. If I could set the volume when I change directories that would be perfect.

I don't know of a way to completely accomplish what you want with just a single shortcut (though someone more knowledgeable than I am might).  But I think the following would work and only require one additional click:

1 - Create a plain text file whose contents is "volume: -10" (without the quotes and with -10 replaced with the actual volume value you want).

2 - Name the file something like "___Volume.cfg" (again without the quotes) so that it will appear as the first item in the directory where it resides, and place the file in the directory that your type:browse shortcut points to.

Then when you use your type:browse shortcut it will place you in your specified directory with the .cfg file selected, and you'll just have to click the select button to set the volume.

[joebar]

I don't know of a way to completely accomplish what you want with just a single shortcut (though someone more knowledgeable than I am might).  But I think the following would work and only require one additional click:

1 - Create a plain text file whose contents is "volume: -10" (without the quotes and with -10 replaced with the actual volume value you want).

2 - Name the file something like "___Volume.cfg" (again without the quotes) so that it will appear as the first item in the directory where it resides, and place the file in the directory that your type:browse shortcut points to.

Then when you use your type:browse shortcut it will place you in your specified directory with the .cfg file selected, and you'll just have to click the select button to set the volume.

Thanks for the suggestion but I don't think this will work for me because my current shortcut opens the directory then a second click opens the bookmarked file in that directory. Is there a way to have a shortcut open a bookmark with a single click?

[iPodVT]

I don't know of a way to completely accomplish what you want with just a single shortcut (though someone more knowledgeable than I am might).  But I think the following would work and only require one additional click:

1 - Create a plain text file whose contents is "volume: -10" (without the quotes and with -10 replaced with the actual volume value you want).

2 - Name the file something like "___Volume.cfg" (again without the quotes) so that it will appear as the first item in the directory where it resides, and place the file in the directory that your type:browse shortcut points to.

Then when you use your type:browse shortcut it will place you in your specified directory with the .cfg file selected, and you'll just have to click the select button to set the volume.

Thanks for the suggestion but I don't think this will work for me because my current shortcut opens the directory then a second click opens the bookmarked file in that directory. Is there a way to have a shortcut open a bookmark with a single click?

I only briefly once looked into bookmarks and I'm not at all familiar with using them.  I think you need to spend some time with the Rockbox User Manual to find what you need.

https://www.rockbox.org/manual.shtml

[joebar]

Being able to set the volume with a shortcut is great. I even added a shutdown shortcut which makes powering down faster. Rockbox is awesome! Many thanks and much gratitude to everyone who works on the project!