[mythtv-users] High Volume during commercials

[Steve Hodge]

On 10/17/07, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Michael Wisniewski wrote:
> > I was wondering, if there is a filter that I can use to 'normalize'
> > the sound volume for live tv.  I noticed something being said on the
> > list requesting the sound be mute or quieter.  While this would work,
> > I would be happy with just normalization.  :-)
>
> You probably haven't seen anything like this on the list because most
> people just record the programs they want to watch and let the
> commercial flagging handle the issue of loud commercials. :)
> In all seriousness, you are not likely to see any dev activity on
> something like this because devs prefer to cut the commercials out of
> their lives than to just turn them down. I have seen this feature on
> televisions, but not in Myth or on receivers.
>

Normalisation could be useful outside of fixing the volume of commercials
though. Different sources, different channels, even different programs on
the same channel can all vary noticeably in volume. Has anyone looked into
this at all? Seems like something that could be handled in a user job...

Regards,
Steve
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