Audio quirk with new installation.

I have a really simple peeve with my arch install.
Whenever I plug in my headphones, the volume shows as the correct level(rather low), but it blares at nearly full volume.
I'd like to fix this so I don't blow my headphones or ears out. Is there any way I can default it to mute/low volume, and not have it blare at me.
This is on a laptop running gnome 3.

You may want to check your soundcard output in QuickTime. See this post for directions on the process: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa;jsessionid=aXxb7IZbMDPmI_4E?messageID=814726&ft=y&#814726
And this Article: iTunes and QuickTime for Windows: Songs and other audio don't play correctly
And before you do any of the above, make sure that you have all the recent Windows Updates from windowsupdate.com. Make sure you have the latest drivers for your particular sound card, and make sure you have the latest DirectX installed. Any of these could also cause this problem without QuickTime being the culprit.

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MathiasLeopold wrote:
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