Idea #4984: Fade out audio on stop, pause and exit in Rhythmbox

Written by Eldmannen the 18 Mar 08 at 02:22. Category: Multimedia.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

Description

Fade out audio on stop, pause and exit in audio players such as Rhythmbox (and possibly others).

So I listen to music in Rhythmbox, and I close rhythmbox, or press "stop" button, and instantly the music stops.
Goes from 80 decibels to 0 decibels in an instant!

Now, this isn't nice.

Make it instead "fade it out", so the volume goes down to none over the time of a second.
So it doesn't abrupt so hard. So it gently caresses my ears...

This would enhance the user experience of Ubuntu by making it more tranquil, relaxing and calm.

Tags: rhythmbox

Attachments

Bug #194195 : Make rhythmbox fade out audio on stop

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Comments

Auzy wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 03:49

A second I feel is a bit long, but even 0.5secs would be a welcome change.

PiHalbe wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 11:17

What comes to my mind: If I pause an the song fades for 0.5s, I would want the fade-in to resume 0.5s *before* I pressed pause - as to resume at full volume where I stopped. Just an idea.

avixK7 wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 07:13

I'd rather be able to CHOSE whether I want fade in/out. I find fade features to be more annoying really

kumailht wrote on the 21 Mar 08 at 16:52

really good idea, this also keeps your ears healthy.
it should also happen when a track changes as different tracks might have different max volumes and a sudden increase in volume is very irritating

jmmL wrote on the 18 May 08 at 20:15

I used to have this feature in rhythmbox in hardy (i686) - i don't recall doing anything special to enable it.

But i just did a clean install with i386 (due to a freezing problem) and now i don't have it! I'm trying to rediscover how to enable it, and i'll keep you posted on my progress.

Anyone else had better luck?

plantboy1 wrote on the 22 Aug 08 at 01:28

+1, it's a cool idea. The only thing is that it should have the option to be turned off since not everyone might be open to that.

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