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On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:20:32 -0800, Adam wrote:

Really? It was VLC media player that caused the (2nd) gray/blue volume control to appear? And,
even uninstalling VLC does not remove the (2nd) gray/blue volume
control?
What a PEST !!!

No. It was not a solution. It is an app you said is not in your list.

It is an app that has an example of a non connected volume control,
which I mentioned and you apparently missed.
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