volti

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Volti is an GTK+ application for controlling audio volume from system tray/notification area.

Features:

• no pulseaudio, gstreamer, phonon etc. only alsa is needed
• internal mixer application, but you can choose any mixer app you prefer
• left click opens volume scale (slider)
• scroll wheel on tray icon changes volume, increment in percents is configurable
• you can configure middle click to toggle 'mute' or 'show mixer'
• nice tooltip with card and volume info
• support multimedia keys on keyboard
• support desktop notifications on keys events
• you can control volti from command line or bind keys within your window manager
• support soundcards with split master channel such as M-Audio 2496

Dependencies:

• pygtk 2.16.0 or later
• pyalsaaudio 0.6 or later
• dbus-python 0.80.0 or later
• python-xlib 0.15rc1 or later (optional, used for keys events as an alternative to hal)

Install:

• Manually Run 'python setup.py install'. You can also start application from source dir, just run ./volti.

• Arch volti is in aur, see http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33525

• Gentoo volti is in portage, see http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/volti

• Debian/Ubuntu deb package can be found at downloads page

Usage:

Start volti from your applications menu or run 'volti' from terminal. You will probably want to add volti to autostart.