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Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11?

From Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11?
Date 2017-03-25 01:13 +0000
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On 2017-03-24, rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> When watching videos on my laptop there are some which just don't have 
> enough volume.  Setting everything as high as I can it is still not loud 
> enough.  So what determines the highest setting of the volume?
>
> Is the application simply adjusting an attenuator somewhere in the 
> signal chain of my laptop?  Or does the application intercept the audio 
> data and apply it's own volume control by manipulating the data stream?
>
> If the latter, it should be able to let me set the volume to 11, or 12 
> or 1200 if that is what I need.

that depends to some extent on the codec and the operating system

Pulseaudio gives me several gain controls in addition to the hardware
ones 

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Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 19:45 -0400
  Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-03-25 01:13 +0000
  Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-24 21:56 -0700
    Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-25 11:20 -0500
      Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-25 22:14 -0700
        Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 02:45 -0400
          Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-27 09:58 -0700
            Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 18:25 -0400
              Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-27 23:44 -0700
  Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-25 09:34 -0700
    Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-25 18:22 -0400
    Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2017-03-25 16:25 -0700
      Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-25 19:56 -0700
        Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 23:43 -0400
      Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-03-27 07:53 +0000
  Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2017-03-25 13:19 -0400
    Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? boB K7IQ <boB@everett.wa> - 2017-03-25 11:37 -0700
      Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-26 02:29 -0400
        Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? boB K7IQ <boB@everett.wa> - 2017-03-26 11:54 -0700
          Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-02 01:51 -0400
            Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? boB K7IQ <boB@everett.wa> - 2017-04-03 17:49 -0700
              Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-05 07:43 -0400
  Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Wanderer <wanderer@dialup4less.com> - 2017-03-25 12:58 -0700
    Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 17:46 -0400
  Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11? Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2017-03-25 21:54 +0100

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