[MPlayer-users] [BUGREPORT] Crash when REAL used with any -aop options

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 04:56:05PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> Hi,
> > What's the point of -softvol-normal values above 100? With 200, it seems
> > to start at the current volume level, only droping to half volume when
> > you first hit 0/9. Bug?
> 
> Not really. The volume filter is only inserted when you actually try to
> change the volume. -softvol will only enable you to use software volume
> control, it won't put it on automatically. The point of allowing these
> values is giving you more fine-grained control... If it really make
> sense is a different point ;-)
> 
> > Why isn't 50 the default?  Seems a much more sane value to me, and makes
> > it work exactly like "-aop list=volume" does.
> 
> I chose 90 because that fits perfectly for practically all movies I have
> lying around (no DVDs). With 50, if I turn the volume up fully, I will
> get very heavy artifacts because the volume is too high.

this is very bad. most dvdrips are adjusted to proper volume. most
dvds on the other hand suck, and you need INSANE volume amp to be able
to hear them at all.

rich