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fix: make volume writes round-trip with the reported volume - #4672

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Fixes #4458.

Problem

The API server's /api/v1/volume GET and POST work on different scales, so read-modify-write on volume is broken for external clients.

The two endpoints write and read at different layers:

  • POST goes through controller.setVolume()peard:update-volumeytmusic-player-bar.updateVolume(), which applies its own curve before forwarding to the player.
  • GET (and the WebSocket VOLUME_CHANGED event) reads the cache filled from peard:volume-changed, which reports MusicPlayer.getVolume() — the value after that curve.

So posting a volume and reading it back gives a different number.

Fix

Write through the player API instead, which is what the precise-volume plugin already does, and sync the player bar sliders manually — the bar only updates them for changes it drives itself.

Verification

Launched the app and drove both paths directly, setting the volume and reading getVolume() back:

set before (via player bar) after (via player API)
39 13 39
60 29 60
75 47 75

The "before" column reproduces the table in #4458 exactly. After the change the round-trip is an identity, so clients can do GET → adjust → POST without applying their own inverse transform.

This likely also covers #4431 (MPRIS reporting incorrect volume), since MPRIS writes through the same peard:update-volume path — but I have not verified that one.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved volume adjustment accuracy by rounding values and respecting slider step limits.
    • Volume controls now remain synchronized after updates.
    • Volume changes are applied consistently across playback controls and external media controls.
    • Removed an outdated volume update path for more reliable playback behavior.

`peard:update-volume` wrote through `ytmusic-player-bar.updateVolume()`,
which applies its own curve, while the volume reported back through
`peard:volume-changed` comes from `MusicPlayer.getVolume()`. The two
layers disagree, so reading the volume and writing it back changes it:
POSTing 60 to the API server ends up reporting 29.

Write through the player API instead, the way the precise-volume plugin
already does, and sync the player bar sliders manually since the bar
only updates them for changes it drives itself.

Measured set -> reported, before/after: 39 -> 13/39, 60 -> 29/60,
75 -> 47/75.

Fixes pear-devs#4458

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QYhyvgRGYobVi4WS1fYzr4
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Walkthrough

Volume updates now use validated percentage values across song controls, MPRIS, and the renderer. The renderer writes through api.setVolume and synchronizes both volume sliders.

Changes

Volume update handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Route normalized volume
src/providers/song-controls.ts, src/plugins/shortcuts/mpris.ts
setVolume now validates input and routes updates through precise-volume when enabled, or through the standard renderer event otherwise. MPRIS sends volume changes through setVolume directly.
Normalize and apply volume
src/renderer.ts
The volume handler clamps and rounds input, applies it through api.setVolume, and updates both sliders. Nonzero values below 5 map to 5 for slider display.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 618c7

Volume writes now round-trip correctly for normal values, but invalid or out-of-range inputs can still produce inconsistent player and saved state, and a successful response may arrive before the change is dispatched. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up to enforce the 0–100 finite-value contract and clarify acknowledgement timing.

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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed All modified files support the volume scale fix in issue #4458. The MPRIS and precise-volume routing changes centralize related volume behavior and are within scope.
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The changes address issue #4458 by routing volume writes through the same player API scale used for reads. The precise-volume path also preserves plugin state updates while maintaining round-trip behavior.

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- Line 139: Update the peard:update-volume handler around setVolume so
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setTooltip, showVolumeSlider, and showVolumeHud side effects instead of calling
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Comment thread src/renderer.ts
Writing the player directly skips the saved volume, tooltip, slider and
HUD updates that precise-volume owns. song-controls now sends the change
on precise-volume's own channel when that plugin is enabled.

The MPRIS handler already did this for its own volume events; that
special case moves into song-controls so every caller gets it, the API
server included.

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nixoletas force-pushed the fix/api-volume-scale branch from cc8f5ec to 618c7e0 Compare August 31, 2026 20:06
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Good catch — fixed in 618c7e0, though not quite the way the suggestion described, so here is what I checked.

Reproducing the side effects inside renderer.ts would duplicate state that precise-volume owns (options.savedVolume, the HUD element, the slider timers). Instead I moved the routing decision up into song-controls.setVolume: when precise-volume is enabled the change is sent on that plugin's own setVolume channel, so it runs its shared path (saveVolume, updateVolumeSlider, setTooltip, showVolumeSlider, showVolumeHud); otherwise it falls through to peard:update-volume as before.

This is the same branch mpris.ts already had for its own volume events, so that special case moved into song-controls and every caller now gets it — the API server included, which is what was missing.

One correction to the finding while verifying it: setTooltip and saveVolume were partly reachable before, but through precise-volume's slider MutationObserver, not through this handler — and only for changes larger than its > 4 "manually set" threshold. showVolumeSlider and showVolumeHud were never on this path, before or after my first commit. So the routing change is a fix for something that was already broken rather than for a regression, but the outcome you asked for is the right one.

Verified by running the app with precise-volume enabled and driving the channel song-controls now sends on:

requested getVolume() savedVolume persisted
63 63 yes
41 41 yes

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- Around line 80-81: Update the volume validation after parseNumberFromArgsType
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Comment on lines 80 to +81
const volumeNumber = parseNumberFromArgsType(volume);
if (volumeNumber !== null) {
win.webContents.send('peard:update-volume', volume);
if (volumeNumber === null) return;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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printf '%s\n' '--- changed file ---'
cat -n src/providers/song-controls.ts | sed -n '1,125p'
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Reject non-finite and out-of-range volume values before routing.

The null-only guard allows NaN from [] or ['not-a-number'] to pass. The precise-volume path sends it to api.setVolume(value) and saves it. The standard path also passes NaN through its clamp. Out-of-range values bypass validation and reach the precise-volume path unchanged.

Reject non-finite values and values outside 0 to 100 before dispatch.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@src/providers/song-controls.ts` around lines 80 - 81, Update the volume
validation after parseNumberFromArgsType in the volume control flow to reject
non-finite values and any value outside the inclusive 0–100 range before routing
or persistence; retain the existing early-return behavior for invalid input and
allow only validated values to reach precise-volume or standard dispatch.

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[Bug]: API server /volume GET and POST use different scales — read-modify-write is broken

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