Change volume "scaling" or resolution?

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Change volume "scaling" or resolution?

Postby garyfritz » 19 Apr 2010 18:47

VLC seems to play much louder than other audio devices on my Vista system. I normally run my Windows overall volume control at 50, and most audio/video players work well with that. I have to turn the VLC volume down around 12-25% to get the same volume. That would be OK, except the volume granularity is very coarse down there. There's a 100% jump from 12.5% to 25%. I end up turning down my Windows volume so I can run VLC in a better range, and then everything else is thrown off.

Is there any way to change the range or resolution of the VLC volume control?

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Re: Change volume "scaling" or resolution?

Postby VLC_help » 20 Apr 2010 11:13

There have been multiple requests for this, but AFAIK no patches have been done.

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Re: Change volume "scaling" or resolution?

Postby garyfritz » 20 Apr 2010 17:15

Bummer. Well if it's a frequent complaint, why is the volume set so high? It seems to be higher than "normal."

Or why not use decent granularity on the volume, e.g. 1% steps like Windows or WMP?

No, wait. The volume slider DOES have more granularity if I click & drag it. I was using the mouse wheel, and THAT has big volume steps. So I guess I have finer control over the volume than I thought, I just can't use my preferred method to adjust it. So it's not ideal but it's better than I thought it was.

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Re: Change volume "scaling" or resolution?

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