I posted on the Kodi forums that when I launch it, and/or each time I start a new program in it the volume of the main sound control resets to maximum.
This has been quite a shock as you can imagine when using it at night!
I have checked that when I set the volume to say 33% in Cinnamon and start Kodi, even before playing anything the volume has jumped to 100%. When I set it back to 33% in Kodi (or with Kodi foregrounded) and exit Kodi the volume remains set at 33%. When I start VLC the volume retains its 33% setting, but on launching Kodi it is once again reset to 100%.
I have been through the audio system settings and it is set to the analogue pulseaudio that is the only one available.
A Kodi forums member asserts:
I cannot seem to find a good reference to help work out the way that "flatten volume" can be configured with respect to this problem.sounds like a pulseaudio config issue. IIRC debian enables "flatten volume" by default
My last search on this produces only my own post on the kodi forums here.
Any ideas?
TIA Will