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Do the replay preamp and gain settings help at all? That should narrow the dynamic range to be more to your liking. Why should I narrow dynamic range to work around the volume control response curve problem ? From what you describe, you are hitting your preamps max capability at 25% or less if you ...

I've created an end user comparison test as attachments to bug #4208 here :
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/4208#comment:7

@Phr3d : I haven't changed any other setting that may be connected to sound volume in VLC prefs. Installation defaults. Also, you refered to an amplifier's volume control in dB steps. Do check what "dB" means and you'll understand what and why I refer to when I say volume control should fo...

First I'd like to note that the human ear is not linear, but LOG like. All volume controls on all amplifiers use a potmeter whose resistance variation is not linear, but logarithmic. With an initial volume of 25% it is already too loud overall. Increasing volume to 100% makes slow and little noticab...

main debug: using sout chain=`transcode{vcodec=drac,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:file{dst='d:\test.mkv'}' [...] main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-vcodec to drac main debug: set config option: sout-transcode-vb to 800 main debug: set config option: sout-...

1), 2) well, it does not. I've tested on another freshly installed system, VLC-1.1.6. Same behaviour for 1) and 2).

I understand it works for you "out of the box", but it doesn't seem to be the case for me.
Please, tell me what can I do more to locate the problem.
Thank you.

I second this request.

Having only a few steps until about 15% makes the audio from quiet to very loud and it's difficult to control a medium volume setting.

Thank you

It is a fresh install, with default settings, I put VLC-1.1.5 first, then, seeing a new version is available, I upgraded. XP is clean, fresh, with ffdshow from 2010-09. 1) Dirac : I used the GUI : File->Convert/Save->choose file->stream->select Dirac+AAC preset profile 2) Theora : I used the GUI : F...

VLC-1.1.6 official build. I tried to convert a file to Dirac format and got the following in the Messages : avcodec error: cannot find encoder Dirac *** Your FFMPEG installation is crippled. *** *** Please check with your FFMPEG packager. *** *** This is NOT a VLC media player issue. *** VLC has lib...