I recently bought some headphones which has a small block on it with +/- buttons that are meant to adjust volume. This functionality works on my android phone and the volume on the phone changes when I press those buttons.
However, it does not work when I plug the headphones into my Windows 10 laptop and try to adjust the volume on the laptop with the built-in headphone controls.
Is there a way to allow Windows 10 to recognize the headphone volume control inputs?
Windows – How to use built-in headphone volume controls to adjust volume on windows 10
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This is specified by the System > Preferences > Sound menu option. Select the channel you want to control under the Default Mixer Tracks section.
you can use xbindkeys:
Run xbindkeys -k in a terminal. Press your keybinding, and add the appropriate line to your ~/.xkeybindkeysrc. for example, With an 'amixer' command to raise/lower your headphone volume.) Don't forget to have xbindkeys start before your windowmanager. You can have a look here for more on xbindkeys. This way, you're not dependent on DE, and you can even transfer you keyboard short cuts to other distros/releases.
(I know it's not exactly what you want, but it might solve your problems?)
Best Answer
To put it simply: Your computer doesn't have the same headphone port your phone does.
You should be able to confirm this in the system technical documentation, but the short version is this:
Count the number of individual sections on your headphone plug: Your phone probably has individual connectors for each section and so can utilize all the features of the headphones.
Your computer does NOT have connectors for each section, and so the headphones when connected to the computer are less capable than they are when connected to your phone.