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Re:One of the lesser reasons Soundcloud deserved its fate by wlesieutre on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:16PM (#14914741)
If you have two sound sources in the same application you can't do this on Windows. Music from SoundCloud and a video call on appear.in or similar, for example.

If you're using a Mac there isn't a system volume controller with adjustments for each application, only a single global control and software is expected to provide its own local slider. Literally every audio source I've encountered has one except for SoundCloud.

EDIT: Might be a bad example, I'm not sure if appear.in has a sound volume slider. But the point stands for every media player I've ever used, whether online or native.

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Re:One of the lesser reasons Soundcloud deserved its fate by bjeanes on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:38PM (#14916010)
> If you're using a Mac there isn't a system volume controller with adjustments for each application, only a single global control

True, but for those looking for a solution like this there are options. I personally use SoundControl 2[1] ($10) but there is also a free open source app[2] and a few other options out there.

[1]: https://staticz.com/soundcontrol/ [2]: https://github.com/kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic

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Re:One of the lesser reasons Soundcloud deserved its fate by dexterdog on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:26PM (#14914810)
So you're playing soundcloud while you're on a video call?
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Re:One of the lesser reasons Soundcloud deserved its fate by djeikyb on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:36PM (#14914886)
yes. or playing a game. or listening to text (book, screenreader, etc). or using any number of programs where sound is part of the ux (like voice navigation, or bash).
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Re:One of the lesser reasons Soundcloud deserved its fate by coldtea on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:19PM (#14915209)
Yes. I don't care to stop/restart a background playlist while on a call, I just want to be able to hear the call.
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