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I'm still fairly new to VLC but am irritated by the volume control! I've needed to tweak it by a small amount but I can't seem to get it to adjust by any less than 5% via mouse or 7-8% via keys...I've tried setting "audio output volume step" to values from 1-20 and don't see any difference...so what am I missing?
(I'm on 0.8.6a)

This is a step value where the lower the step the greater the change. Try 64 as it works for me. (default = 32)

This is a step value where the lower the step the greater the change. Try 64 as it works for me. (default = 32)

Ok, I did some more playing around...but I think your "lower step=greater change" is wrong, as I finally found that having a value of 5 would allow me to change vol by approx 1% of total...and that value does not make any sense mathematically, as given that total range appears to be 0-1024 (and why is this not 0-100 like "normal" programs?), then 1% of 1024 should be 10, but using 10 as step value causes a change of 2%! That's just totally wrong...and illogical! And step value should also be a 1 to maybe 20 or 30 instead of that weird 0-1024 setup, as why would anyone set a step value that is more than a third of total?

And...this step value is only used by the CNTL+Up/Dwn keys and NOT the mouse adjustment which seems to be permanently fixed at a 5% value.

Also, the maximum value that I see for mouse adjustment seems to be 97%...I likely never have it that loud but it should max at 100%!

Speaking of maximums, when adjusting via keys, one can set max vol to 400%? So I can have my vol 4 times the maximum? Huh???

The step value may not make sense to you and your experience with 1 audio card. Various audio cards use differing step values and the idea is to match yours according to the manufactures specifications. I do agree that the tolerance (range) is probably to wide. There are also cards that this just seems totally out of whack, but there is always a setting that can be found that works.