diff -Nur vdr-1.7.16.orig/config.c vdr-1.7.16/config.c
--- vdr-1.7.16.orig/config.c	2010-10-20 22:18:55.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.16/config.c	2011-01-05 18:16:46.647821525 +0100
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@
 #endif /* JUMPPLAY */
   CurrentChannel = -1;
   CurrentVolume = MAXVOLUME;
+  VolumeSteps = 51;
+  VolumeLinearize = 0;
   CurrentDolby = 0;
 #ifdef USE_CHANNELPROVIDE
   LocalChannelProvide = 1;
@@ -711,6 +713,8 @@
 #endif /* CHANNELPROVIDE */
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "InitialChannel"))      InitialChannel     = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "InitialVolume"))       InitialVolume      = atoi(Value);
+  else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "VolumeSteps"))         VolumeSteps        = atoi(Value);
+  else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "VolumeLinearize"))     VolumeLinearize    = atoi(Value);
 #ifdef USE_VOLCTRL
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "LRVolumeControl"))     LRVolumeControl    = atoi(Value);
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "LRChannelGroups"))     LRChannelGroups    = atoi(Value);
@@ -911,6 +915,8 @@
 #endif /* HARDLINKCUTTER */
   Store("InitialChannel",     InitialChannel);
   Store("InitialVolume",      InitialVolume);
+  Store("VolumeSteps",        VolumeSteps);
+  Store("VolumeLinearize",    VolumeLinearize);
 #ifdef USE_VOLCTRL
   Store("LRVolumeControl",    LRVolumeControl);
   Store("LRChannelGroups",    LRChannelGroups);
diff -Nur vdr-1.7.16.orig/config.h vdr-1.7.16/config.h
--- vdr-1.7.16.orig/config.h	2010-10-20 22:18:55.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.16/config.h	2011-01-05 18:16:46.647821525 +0100
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@
 #endif /* JUMPPLAY */
   int CurrentChannel;
   int CurrentVolume;
+  int VolumeSteps;
+  int VolumeLinearize;
   int CurrentDolby;
 #ifdef USE_CHANNELPROVIDE
   int LocalChannelProvide;
diff -Nur vdr-1.7.16.orig/device.c vdr-1.7.16/device.c
--- vdr-1.7.16.orig/device.c	2010-10-20 22:18:55.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.16/device.c	2011-01-05 18:16:46.647821525 +0100
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <math.h>
 #include "audio.h"
 #include "channels.h"
 #include "i18n.h"
@@ -984,8 +985,9 @@
 void cDevice::SetVolume(int Volume, bool Absolute)
 {
   int OldVolume = volume;
-  volume = min(max(Absolute ? Volume : volume + Volume, 0), MAXVOLUME);
-  SetVolumeDevice(volume);
+  float VolumeDelta = (float)MAXVOLUME/Setup.VolumeSteps;
+  volume = min(max((int)(floor((Absolute ? Volume : volume + Volume)/VolumeDelta+0.5)*VolumeDelta), 0), MAXVOLUME);
+  SetVolumeDevice((int)(pow((float)volume/MAXVOLUME, Setup.VolumeLinearize>0 ? ((float)Setup.VolumeLinearize/10+1) : (1/((float)Setup.VolumeLinearize/-10+1)))*MAXVOLUME));
   Absolute |= mute;
   cStatus::MsgSetVolume(Absolute ? volume : volume - OldVolume, Absolute);
   if (volume > 0) {
diff -Nur vdr-1.7.16.orig/device.h vdr-1.7.16/device.h
--- vdr-1.7.16.orig/device.h	2010-10-20 22:18:55.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-1.7.16/device.h	2011-01-05 18:16:46.647821525 +0100
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define MAXPIDHANDLES      64 // the maximum number of different PIDs per device
 #define MAXRECEIVERS       16 // the maximum number of receivers per device
 #define MAXVOLUME         255
-#define VOLUMEDELTA         5 // used to increase/decrease the volume
+#define VOLUMEDELTA       (MAXVOLUME/Setup.VolumeSteps) // used to increase/decrease the volume 
 
 enum eSetChannelResult { scrOk, scrNotAvailable, scrNoTransfer, scrFailed };
 
diff -Nur vdr-1.7.16.orig/menu.c vdr-1.7.16/menu.c
--- vdr-1.7.16.orig/menu.c	2010-11-09 17:31:47.000000000 +0100
+++ vdr-1.7.16/menu.c	2011-01-05 18:20:32.480313171 +0100
@@ -3837,6 +3837,8 @@
   Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$Channel entry timeout (ms)"), &data.ChannelEntryTimeout, 0));
   Add(new cMenuEditChanItem(tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$Initial channel"),            &data.InitialChannel, tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$as before")));
   Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$Initial volume"),             &data.InitialVolume, -1, 255, tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$as before")));
+  Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$Volume steps"),               &data.VolumeSteps, 5, 255));
+  Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$Volume linearize"),           &data.VolumeLinearize, -20, 20));
   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$Channels wrap"),              &data.ChannelsWrap));
   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Miscellaneous$Emergency exit"),             &data.EmergencyExit));
 #ifdef USE_LIRCSETTINGS