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Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

(jamesbvaughan.com)
287 points jamesbvaughan | 1 comments | 25 Jul 24 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kogir ◴[26 Jul 24 23:54 UTC] No.41083399[source]▶
While I’m all for physical controls, especially ones that self-adjust to reflect the state of the remote device at all times, I wonder if the author just doesn’t know you can finely adjust volume in iOS control center by force/long pressing and then dragging.
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jamesbvaughan ◴[27 Jul 24 00:09 UTC] No.41083477[source]▶
This is a great point! When I'm using AirPlay, that feature is really useful. I'm more often using Spotify Connect though, where I'm limited to either using the physical volume buttons on my phone, the small slider in the desktop app, or the slider that's many clicks in to the Spotify mobile app.

In reality though, this project is more about the fun of it than about it being a really pressing need.

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EthicalSimilar ◴[27 Jul 24 00:58 UTC] No.41083721[source]▶
It also works when using Spotify Connect on your iOS device. If you can use your volume buttons to control it you can also adjust it with the slider in the control centre.
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1. jamesbvaughan ◴[27 Jul 24 01:03 UTC] No.41083737{3}[source]▶
You're correct, TIL!

That's really helpful to know. At this point though, I'm excited enough to build a volume knob that I'll probably still do it.

edit: After trying this out it a bit, it's definitely an improvement over the small sliders and a huge improvement over the stepped volume changes from the buttons, but I'm still left wishing I could make use of more than ~10% of the slider's full range.