[MPlayer-users] dvd (ac3) volume <-> standard (mp3) volume

[Jonas Jermann]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 06:44:23PM -0500, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > - Can it really be that ac3 is over 30db less intense than the 
> >   rest?
> 
> Yes. People who make DVDs are idiots and record most of the sound ad
> very low level so they can "utilize the whole dynamic range", i.e. you
> can't hear voices when people talk but as soon as there's a gunshot it
> wakes up your neighbors 10 houses down the street. :(((

ok :(
But then a -aop list=volnorm should be enough (it isn't).

> > - Is my solution (-aop list=volnorm -af volume=30) the best or 
> >   is there a better way?
> 
> Unfortunately that's the best way I know.

ok

> > - If it's really that common to adjust it automatically, why 
> >   doesn't mplayer do it?
?

> > - Maybe the problem lies somewere else...
> 
> Are you using any other -aop stuff, perhaps resample? That will reduce
> volume by 10 dB if/when resampling takes place and it's broken
> nowadays anyway. Try to migrate everything to -af instead of -aop.

I didn't use any other filters. Is there already a volnorm 
filter for -af?


Regards
    Jonas