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Customize ringing/notification sound
Some users (including me) find this high pitched sound unappealing, please let the users change it or go an octave lower. thank you --Lue
I wonder - do fb messenger/web whatsapp/slack let you configure notif sounds? Or do they just pick a more universally appealing sound?
What's the status on this issue? My colleague and I are testing out the app. It's great so far, but this noise gives me a mini-heart attack every time I get a message.
cc @andersonfrailey
If you're OK with manually doing the process every single time Riot updates, then you can at the very least manually replace the "message.mp3" and "message.ogg" files found at the following location on Windows:
%localappdata%\riot\app-0.17.0\resources\webapp\media
(replace the "0.17.0" text with whatever the newest version of Riot is at any given time; I find it easier to just go to "%localappdata%\riot" instead and then just manually click through the folders from there)
Here is a link to the newly proposed sound:
:play_or_pause_button: Ringtone by Baptiste Gelez
:play_or_pause_button: Current ringtone (for comparison)
I'm in agreement here, the current notification sound for new messages gives me a not-insignificant amount of anxiety every time I hear it, which means I miss notifications because I need to have the sound turned off. Please give users the option of choosing their own tone without having to reapply a manual file swap on every (frequent!) Riot update. @itay-grudev Those audio files appear to be for an incoming call, not for a notification of a new instant message. This issue covers both the ringtone (incoming call) and the notification tone (new message); the linked PR should not close this issue.
For Arch Linux users:
You can manually change out/patch the files in /usr/lib/riot/webapp/media/
/usr/lib/riot/webapp/media/
Sounds like you're using some unofficial distribution, official one stores its files in /opt/riot-desktop/
@t3chguy Well, it seems the package maintainer decided to put things there. (I use arch btw. >:) )
IMHO, the proposed ringtone is much better than the current. Has a decision been made on whether or not to switch to it?
Besides changing the default, it would be nice to allow people to choose a sound. That was in https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/6776 and merged into this issue.
I wonder - do fb messenger/web whatsapp/slack let you configure notif sounds? Or do they just pick a more universally appealing sound?
For starters, none of them uses such a LOUD notification sound. When my system volume is set such that everything else (notifications, videos, etc) is a comfortable volume, an Element notification is borderline painful it's so loud. I have to keep the tab muted and rely on visual cues to tell when I've gotten a message.
A volume control would be great, but custom notification sounds would also allow for an easy workaround that would also satisfy others who don't like the sound itself, regardless of how loud it is.
Why can't we select from a list of ringtones? Why just one default tone?
Please hurry up with the solution, I get anxious every time somebody calls me :dango: (no need to hurry, just trying to be lighthearted)
when is someone gonna fix this
i can change the notification sounds for individual rooms, but not the default one. it's unintuitive to have to go into every room and manually replace the sound. atm i've just had to settle with sounds off
For what it's worth, there's some more information here: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/4500#issuecomment-620942203
While this may be a marked improvement, we wouldn't like to merge this into the project as is. This clashes with some notification work we're (@matrix-org/design) doing internally and any updates to the sounds would have to be part of a pack with variations for multiple contexts, rather than just one sound being changed arbitrarily.
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As the Design team mentioned above that they'd like to handle this as part of reworking notifications more generally, I don't think it makes sense to keep this open for the moment. We'll keep the sound in mind as we work on notifications.
TLDR; This is still happening, only it's part of the design team's (large) workload, which they'll get to in time. They've already done a lot of work recently to improve the look and feel of Element, most of which equally important as this, so this will happen sometime in the future, just be patient for a little while longer.
here you could here real sound at my android phone. its not edited. its real sound situation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOulxYMrAPQ
when is someone gonna fix this
i can change the notification sounds for individual rooms, but not the default one. it's unintuitive to have to go into every room and manually replace the sound. atm i've just had to settle with sounds off
Still strange
Please fucking fix this I have like 5 ppl who have all told me that they don't like using the app because of the notification noise and its really really annoying and literally scares some of my friends lmao like how has this been an issue since 2017 I don't get it this is the most basic feature ever, especially when the default noise is so horrid that it physically causes issues for some users.
I wonder - do fb messenger/web whatsapp/slack let you configure notif sounds? Or do they just pick a more universally appealing sound?
For starters, none of them uses such a LOUD notification sound. When my system volume is set such that everything else (notifications, videos, etc) is a comfortable volume, an Element notification is borderline painful it's so loud. I have to keep the tab muted and rely on visual cues to tell when I've gotten a message.
A volume control would be great, but custom notification sounds would also allow for an easy workaround that would also satisfy others who don't like the sound itself, regardless of how loud it is.
literally this, it physically causes pain like I don't get it please fix it so some people can actually use the app, it literally physically makes some people unable to use it.
Hey @itay-grudev & @elegaanz thanks for this contribution!
While this may be a marked improvement, we wouldn't like to merge this into the project as is. This clashes with some notification work we're (@matrix-org/design) doing internally and any updates to the sounds would have to be part of a pack with variations for multiple contexts, rather than just one sound being changed arbitrarily.
We're actually slightly along with choosing some sound packs, but if you'd be interested to talk more feel free to DM me on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/@nadonomy:matrix.org
How is that work coming along @nadonomy? Maybe consider merging the improved sound from #4500 in the mean time as it has been quite a while now since you posted that.
Sorry if my comment was angry :p I was just upset in the moment, hopefully that doesn't detract from any progress towards this being fixed, sorry.
Maybe consider merging the improved sound from #4500 in the mean time
That PR has already been merged a while back, though
They meant https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/pull/4500 presumably
this is not only about liking a ringtone or not, the current rington has a physical impact on humans and animals.
to talk via voip i need to set the volume of element to 100% or it is simply to silent to understand the other side. most of the time i forget to reduce the volume after a call to about 15% and the next time someone calls me i nearly get a heart attack. one time the loud noise and the frequency caused a ringing in my ears for a few minutes.
this isn't fun any more. please reduce the volume level in the audio file you are shipping (i can do a PR for that, as i reduced mine by -45db by repacking the asar file) or add a separate volume control for the ring tone and don't wait for the perfect solution with a full blown customized sound-theme.
I honestly hate the notification sound. It irritates me every time. Even if there is a universal sound for every app, I %100 think that the element needs a more welcoming sound than the current one.
%localappdata%\riot\app-0.17.0\resources\webapp\media
The mp3 files are gone in current versions? So no possibility to replace em manually anymore?
