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 * '''Launchpad entry''': https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/centralised-volume-control
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== Summary ==
The individual volume of every sound-playing application should be adjustable through the volume-control applet

== Rationale ==
Right now, every sound playing application manages the volume by itself. There is no central point where one can get an overview over all currently sound-playing applications and their adjustment.

Extending the volume control applet would give the user some centralised control. This could be spiced up by some metadata from the sound playing applications.

== Use cases ==
Annada would like to tune down the music player while chatting through Ekiga. He knows that he can adjust the global volume, but to tune down a specific application, he has to bring this application to the top and then adjust the volume.


== Scope ==

== Design ==

== Implementation ==

See [[http://live.gnome.org/GSmartMix|GSmartMix]]

=== Code ===

=== Data preservation and migration ===

== Unresolved issues ==


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