The :guilabel:`playback` tab of pulseaudio volume control gives you the ability to the control the output device, mute, or change the volume of each application. To change the Volume of each application on the playback slide the slider to the right for more volume or to the left for less volume. The button with an X over the speaker is a mute button and if it is a darker gray that application is currently muted and can't make any sound. The drop down menu has next to the word on shows the output source. This program also in software allows you to go over 100 percent if it is too quiet.
The :guilabel:`playback` tab of pulseaudio volume control gives you the ability to the control the output device, mute, or change the volume of each application. To change the Volume of each application on the playback slide the slider to the right for more volume or to the left for less volume. The button with an X over the speaker is a mute button and if it is a darker gray that application is currently muted and can't make any sound. The drop down menu has next to the word on shows the output source. This program also in software allows you to go over 100 percent if it is too quiet.
..image:: pavucontrol-playback.png
..image:: pavucontrol-playback.png
The :guilabel:`output devices` tab shows different output for different sounds. To mute one output such as a set of speakers presss the button that looks like a speaker with an X on it. To increase the volume of an output slide the slider for that output to the right. To decrease the volume for each output slide the slider to the left. To view more advanced options check the :guilabel:`Show advanced options` will show advanced options. The advanced option for :guilabel:`Latency offset` will be shown for for how long to shift offset for latency for say a badly synced video.
The :guilabel:`output devices` tab shows different output for different sounds. To mute one output such as a set of speakers presss the button that looks like a speaker with an X on it. To increase the volume of an output slide the slider for that output to the right. To decrease the volume for each output slide the slider to the left. To view more advanced options check the :guilabel:`Show advanced options` will show advanced options. The advanced option for :guilabel:`Latency offset` will be shown for for how long to shift offset for latency for say a badly synced video. To the right of the mute button there is a button where you can change the balance between the left and right speakers by sliding the sliders just like for volume.
