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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:

--- Quote from: iPodVT on April 28, 2025, 08:23:41 AM ---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.

--- End quote ---

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:

--- Quote from: joebar on May 01, 2025, 04:55:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: iPodVT on April 28, 2025, 08:23:41 AM ---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.

--- End quote ---

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.

--- End quote ---

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.

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