Custom notification sounds, globally and per room.

[Half-Shot]

Kinda surprised this hasn't been suggested yet, given how useful it could be for users who are not a fan of the notification sound, or who have a bazillion rooms and would like to be able to distinguish them audibly.

The implementation could work like:

• User uploads a sound clip to HS (which would probably be limited by whitelist to ogg or mp3)
• Store the mxcurl inside /_matrix/client/r0/user/@Half-Shot:half-shot.uk/rooms/!somethinghere:matrix.org/account_data/org.matrix.notifysound
  (or omit the room for global)
• Load the sound either on initial load or when the first notification is received.

Pitfalls:

• Browser support for sound formats is still patchy and although I don't think we should avoid implementing this altogether, it would be wise to fall back to the default sound for browsers that suck. Might even be worth warning users somewhere if possible.

[dud1337]

Did this solve it globally or just per room?

[Half-Shot]

Did this solve it globally or just per room?

Technically yes. Riot supports setting a global custom sound as well as a room one, however only the room UI is exposed. You'll need to use the developer tools to set global sounds for now.

[dud1337]

Thanks, man.

[rosalogia]

For clarification, what file formats are readable when it comes to custom notification sounds right now?

[Half-Shot]

For clarification, what file formats are readable when it comes to custom notification sounds right now?

IIRC, we don't validate beyond what your browser supports. E.g. I'd expect ogg/mp3/wav to be supported.

[rosalogia]

For some reason facing an issue where once I upload an ogg for a specific chat and save it, the fact that the new notification sound was ever uploaded and set completely disappears from the settings page. At first it will look like this:

But once I go back in it looks like this again:

Any idea how I can begin debugging the issue?

[matrixes]

Did this solve it globally or just per room?

Technically yes. Riot supports setting a global custom sound as well as a room one, however only the room UI is exposed. You'll need to use the developer tools to set global sounds for now.

@Half-Shot "You'll need to use the developer tools"

Can I ask for something a bit more specific? I'd like to replace the global sound and am very comfortable with messing around in hidder settings/making temporary changes, but I'm drawing a blank in terms of where in the developer tools I need to poke around. Thanks.

[ohporter]

Did this solve it globally or just per room?

Technically yes. Riot supports setting a global custom sound as well as a room one, however only the room UI is exposed. You'll need to use the developer tools to set global sounds for now.

@Half-Shot "You'll need to use the developer tools"

Can I ask for something a bit more specific? I'd like to replace the global sound and am very comfortable with messing around in hidder settings/making temporary changes, but I'm drawing a blank in terms of where in the developer tools I need to poke around. Thanks.

Same question here. I'm just starting to poke around at this as I have a lot of users unhappy with the default sound.

[Half-Shot]

Fair warning that the following steps may void your warranty or brick your client.

To change the sound globally:

• Set a notification sound in a single room, either in a test room or one you have already.
• Say /devtools in that room.
• Click Explore Account Data.
• Click the red Account Data button.
• Click im.vector.web.settings.
• Copy the notificationSound block

e.g.

	"notificationSound": {
		"name": "your-sound-name.ogg",
		"type": "audio/yourmimetype",
		"size": 0000,
		"url": "mxc://half-shot.uk/59770ed76c3527ba43b54b1791589ca5a95a5b43"
	},

• Click Back
• Click the green Room Data button
• Click im.vector.web.settings
• Click Edit (you may have to scroll down)
• Insert the following above json object into the object somewhere, being careful to replace the text below.
• Click Send.
• Sounds should now change globally.

[Half-Shot]

Suggest further commentary on global sounds takes place on #20286

[dud1337]

@Half-Shot, I think you need to flip the order of Room Data and Account Data in that awesome guide of yours.