[mythtv-users] increasing volume in mythmovie?

[Kurt Yoder]

On Apr 9, 2006, at 1:06 AM, Cymen Vig wrote:

> On 4/8/06, Kurt Yoder <ktymyth at yoderhome.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Robin Neatherway wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/8/06, Kurt Yoder <ktymyth at yoderhome.com> wrote:
>>> If you're using mplayer, you can try applying the filter 'volnorm'
>>> with -af volnorm which maximises the sound without distorting it. I
>>> use this for playing DVDs which are usually quite quiet.
>>
>> Thanks. That works well, but it still isn't as loud as the regular
>> recordings. Can I add even more volume?
>
> "man mplayer" has some more details
> ----
> volnorm[=method:target]
>  Maximizes the volume without distorting the sound.
>           <method>
>                Sets the used method.
>                   1: Use a single sample to smooth the variations via
> the standard weighted mean over past samples (default).
>                   2: Use several samples to smooth the variations via
> the standard weighted mean over past samples.
>
>           <target>
>                Sets the target amplitude as a fraction of the maximum
> for the sample type (default: 0.25).

Hmm... my mplayer only has "method", but not "target" in the man  
page. I'm using a Debian package from ftp.nerim.net: "1.0- 
pre7cvs20051102-0sarge0.1". So I guess you have a newer version?

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Kurt Yoder
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