Openbox Users: Best way to control volume (sound volume)?

Question

I use xfce4-panel for my panel, and I'm currently using the xfce4-panel.
What else do you guys use?

Answer 1

along the same lines as rusty:
> grep -A 4 XF86Audio .config/openbox/rc.xml
<keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>/home/patrick/.bin/ossvol -t</execute>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>/home/patrick/.bin/ossvol -i 1</execute>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>/home/patrick/.bin/ossvol -d 1</execute>
</action>
</keybind>
and
> cat .bin/ossvol
#!/bin/bash
# ossvol is a simple script to manage oss volume levels and muting.
# original script by: Daniel J Griffiths <[email protected]>
# Configure stuff
VOLSTORE=~/.volume
CHANNEL="vmix0-outvol"
ARGUMENT=$2
# dzen stuff
SECS="1" # sleep $SECS
BG="#080808" # background colour of window
FG="#ffffff" # foreground colour of text/icon
BAR_FG="#ffffff" # foreground colour of volume bar
BAR_BG="#080808" # background colour of volume bar
XPOS="750" # horizontal positioning
YPOS="515" # vertical positioning
HEIGHT="50" # window height
WIDTH="400" # window width
BAR_WIDTH="300" # width of volume bar
ICON="$HOME/.icons/dvol/spkr_02.xbm"
FONT="fixed"
# You shouldn't have to edit below here.
PIPE="/tmp/volpipe"
errorout() {
echo "$1"
exit 1
usage() {
echo "usage: ossvol [option] [argument]"
echo
echo "Options:"
echo " -i, --increase - increase volume by [argument]"
echo " -d, --decrease - decrease volume by [argument]"
echo " -t, --toggle - toggle mute on and off"
echo " -h, --help - display this"
exit 1
toggle() {
if [ -f $VOLSTORE ]; then
ossmix $CHANNEL `cat $VOLSTORE`
rm $VOLSTORE
else
VOLUME=$(ossmix $CHANNEL | awk '{print $10}' | awk -F : '{print $1}')
ossmix $CHANNEL 0
echo $VOLUME > $VOLSTORE
fi
increase() {
if [ -f $VOLSTORE ]; then
TMPVOL=`cat $VOLSTORE`
NEWVOL=`expr $TMPVOL + $ARGUMENT`
ossmix $CHANNEL +$NEWVOL
rm $VOLSTORE
else
ossmix $CHANNEL +$ARGUMENT
fi
decrease() {
if [ -f $VOLSTORE ]; then
TMPVOL=`cat $VOLSTORE`
NEWVOL=`expr $TMPVOL - $ARGUMENT`
ossmix $CHANNEL -- -$NEWVOL
rm $VOLSTORE
else
ossmix $CHANNEL -- -$ARGUMENT
fi
case "$1" in
'-i'|'--increase')
increase
'-d'|'--decrease')
decrease
'-t'|'--toggle')
toggle
'-h'|'--help')
usage
errorout "Unrecognized option \`$1', see ossvol --help"
esac
# dzen approach from bruenig's dvol script added by pbrisbin
# Using named pipe to determine whether previous call still exists
# Also prevents multiple volume bar instances
if [ ! -e "$PIPE" ]; then
mkfifo "$PIPE"
(dzen2 -tw "$WIDTH" -h "$HEIGHT" -x "$XPOS" -y "$YPOS" -fn "$FONT" -bg "$BG" -fg "$FG" < "$PIPE"
rm -f "$PIPE") &
fi
# Feed the pipe!
VOL=$(ossmix $CHANNEL | awk '{print $10}' | cut -d '.' -f 1)
VOL=$(expr $VOL \* 100 / 25)
(echo "$VOL" | gdbar -l "^i(${ICON})" -fg "$BAR_FG" -bg "$BAR_BG" -w "$BAR_WIDTH"; sleep "$SECS") >> "$PIPE"
exit 0
prints a nice dzen volume bar as you change it