Volume Control - Your opinion.

**Craig Chatterton** · 06-23-2000, 06:06 PM

I'm close to finishing up my MP3 player program I'm writing in Visual Basic. Since different MP3's play at different volume levels - some soft, some loud - I'm working on an automatic volume control for the program. But I can't decide which way to go, so what do you think:

1. Should I have the volume automatically adjust as the song plays? For example, if it's playing too loudly, I could have the volume half itself and the opposite if it's playing too softly.

2. Or should I just save the volume level for each song and reset to that level when the song plays again? The user would have greater control, but they would have to set the volume for each song initially.

Which would you prefer?

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**noproblem** · 06-24-2000, 10:44 PM

yo
i vote for second (number2)
i like to set my volume and then all the song just play with that volume instead the softwaer control the volume level

like ..i set the volume that way then the program will save the volume level in ram or thing like that, then next song or what ever song after that will just follow that sound level

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chill
hope you write some software for lcd plugin 40x4 and 20x4 and with can display stuff like humidity, time, day, temperature. with custom key control so the user can define what ever key they needed and no need to use keypad

I write my self a program in assembly (i only know assembly eventhought i know c++ but dont know how to write application with it)that can display stuff like temp., humidity, temperature, speed, gas level, baterry level and display it in LCD. now i have like 3 LCD in my car which is too much. i wanna somehow to put them all in one lcd
oh well, no high level language is a way to go but i am sux with it. ifyoucan help me let me know

**JrFaust** · 06-25-2000, 03:42 AM

I have to vote for the first one mainly because I wouldn't have the time to set the volume for each song.

**blkdragon6** · 06-26-2000, 01:02 AM

number two would be cool as long as it has just a general default sound for songs you don't want to tinker with the volume with.

**Craig Chatterton** · 06-26-2000, 01:31 PM

OK, thanks for the responses. I'm also leaning towards Number 2. It does allow more control, and I can set a default volume for all songs and then allow you to tweak it as necessary for each song. Some people mentioned that number 1 might be confusing because the program wouldn't necessarily adjust the volume until it became too loud, so the song might play halfway through and then suddenly the volume would drop.

--Yes, it does support LCD. Specifically a 4x20 serial LCD.

**sproggy** · 06-26-2000, 03:51 PM

Go for option 2 but have the program so that it can quickly scan through all the songs and build the database of volume levels for each song keeping them all the same volume level.

Then you can further adjust each level when the songs are playing.

**ShauneyB** · 02-22-2007, 11:04 AM

Could you please point me in the right direction of controlling the volume in VB6, I've had a look for tutorials but can't seem to find any!

Thanks!

**reddeath30** · 02-22-2007, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by ShauneyB

Could you please point me in the right direction of controlling the volume in VB6, I've had a look for tutorials but can't seem to find any!

Thanks!

try www.planet-source-code.com and do a search on volume

**reddeath30** · 02-22-2007, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Craig Chatterton

I'm close to finishing up my MP3 player program I'm writing in Visual Basic. Since different MP3's play at different volume levels - some soft, some loud - I'm working on an automatic volume control for the program. But I can't decide which way to go, so what do you think:

1. Should I have the volume automatically adjust as the song plays? For example, if it's playing too loudly, I could have the volume half itself and the opposite if it's playing too softly.

2. Or should I just save the volume level for each song and reset to that level when the song plays again? The user would have greater control, but they would have to set the volume for each song initially.

Which would you prefer?

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This is fine and dandy, but making sure you know that everyone has set up thier audio in different ways, some have channeled thier computers into their head units into auxiliary ports or by fm modulators, or even by tape player adapters. Some have set up amplifiers that connect directly to their sound cards so potentially volume levels will be all over the board. There is no way to 2nd guess what the level needs to be. Regarding option 2 trying to keep track of every level for thousands of different songs just creates a coding problem for you. You would have to store the information somewhere in a database or something that will eventually reach capacity or slow the program down while it searches through a file or control. Your best bet is to just save the current volume level upon exit so that when the program is started back up it just goes back to that same volume.