spyderman450 Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Everytime I am watching a DVD movie on my computer I have to turn the volume up to the max to hear anything, and even then its hard to make out some of what people are saying. I tested using another DVD player, PowerDVD, and am having the same problem as if I were using the WMP. Anyone out there know what may be causing this and how to fix it? Thanks in advance for any help :) - Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruciz Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 compared to VCD/SVCD and most anything else DVDs are generally recorded at a lower volume for some reason, possibly less noise is caught that way. I have a standalone player (Apex) and I have to crank the TV or turn on the surround sound to hear what is being said. My cousin has a standalone Toshiba player and a DVD-ROM and you have to turn up the volume substantually to hear anything compared to normal TV or media files on the computer. So its not the computer causing the problem, its the way the DVD was recorded. As to fix it you could buy new sound system for your computer maybe? or just use headphones.. should be loud enough then, unless someone else has a better idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 yah i find most files from dvds (including rips) are much more quite then say mp3s. some players are better then others, i find different players are louder or quiter. i use winDVD and powerDVD and they both play files differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyderman450 Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 Originally posted by Ruciz compared to VCD/SVCD and most anything else DVDs are generally recorded at a lower volume for some reason, possibly less noise is caught that way. I have a standalone player (Apex) and I have to crank the TV or turn on the surround sound to hear what is being said. My cousin has a standalone Toshiba player and a DVD-ROM and you have to turn up the volume substantually to hear anything compared to normal TV or media files on the computer. So its not the computer causing the problem, its the way the DVD was recorded. As to fix it you could buy new sound system for your computer maybe? or just use headphones.. should be loud enough then, unless someone else has a better idea Well, I have a three piece speaker set, that good? The sound quality I get from them is pretty good so I don't think I am gonna go out and pay for a new set. Anyway, thanks for the help everyone. Feel a little bit better now that I know its not my computer that was causing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessejlt Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 While PowerDVD is running and the movie is on right click on the movie window and select configuration then go to audio then advanced, there are three options for Dynamic Range Compression, select the last one called noisy enviroment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyderman450 Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 Originally posted by jessejlt While PowerDVD is running and the movie is on right click on the movie window and select configuration then go to audio then advanced, there are three options for Dynamic Range Compression, select the last one called noisy enviroment. I can't do that, I guess its cause I have the free version that came with my computer :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraa Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 hmm.. have u tried like raising the volume in Windows? and the speakers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyderman450 Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 Originally posted by vraa hmm.. have u tried like raising the volume in Windows? and the speakers? Yep, but it doesn't help all that much and all the other sounds in the backround are too loud. I am just gonna stick to using my DVD player thats connected to the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraa Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 u think u can hook up the dvd player to ur computer? cuz if u can try that.. then u would know if its the speakers.. background noise.. like what in the movie or in other applications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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