With some #wireplumber changes landing we're a big step closer to enabling separate volume controls for things like media, alerts, alarms, etc. in #Phosh. Here's a short overview on the current state: https://phosh.mobi/posts/role-based-routing/

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Audio Roles, Volumes and Routes

What if you want to have your phone’s alarm clock volume different from your music playback volume and have the later go to speakers while alarms should continue to go to the phone’s speaker? While this could be handled manually via per application volume and sink setups, this doesn’t scale well on phones that also have emergency alerts, incoming calls, voice assistants, etc. It also doesn’t specify how to handle simultaneous playback - for instance, if an incoming call rings while music is playing.

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Great idea considering emergency alerts as volume adjustable 👍

@panda @phosh There might be regulatory requirements forcing vendors to prevent this in shipped products (so e.g. UI elements might need to be hidden) but from the configuration side it is a role like any other.