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

From	rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: Why Can't My Volume Go to 11?
Date	2017-03-26 02:45 -0400
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On 3/26/2017 1:14 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:20:11 -0500, Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Even nicer would be if YouTube could figure out a way to auto-correct
>> volume.  It's really irritating to switch from one video to another, and
>> either not be able to hear the new one, or have your ears blasted out.
>
> YouTube, Netflix, and others have been auto-adjusting the video
> resolution and data rate to match the users connection capabilities
> since they were founded.  One would think that a simple thing like
> normalizing the audio would trivial.  You're right.  They should
> normalize the audio, but don't.

I had a conversation with my local PBS station about this once.  I was 
getting them over the air using a digital to analog TV converter.  This 
set up worked ok until a show came on that had a rather low volume 
level.  I couldn't get the sound loud enough to hear easily.

So I called the station and ended up talking to an "engineer".  The 
conversation basically went from "The sound levels are set according to 
our VU meters" to "If the program originators wanted the sound level 
low, we aren't going to mess with it".  I asked if he thought the 
program "originators" didn't want me to be able to hear the program?

It was obvious that there was a problem somewhere in the volume setting. 
  Even if the problem wasn't in the station, would it have been morally 
wrong to adjust it to be view-able?

-- 

Rick C

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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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