SOUND_goes to 100% when going from "media" to "dvd"

Mañana · 01-23-2005, 06:24 AM

As it says. When you play mp3:s or videos in "media mode" at any volyme, and then start frodo dvd volyme instantly reaches 100%, whitch isnt especially good =P. it returns to whatever it was before when you exit frodo dvd though.

I've read about this somewhere else, and i think you know about it but since i

ed and couldent find anything about what was done aboutit i thought it would be best to report it... Better report too many times than too few

frodobaggins · 01-23-2005, 06:25 AM

whatever codec you are using doesn't have it's own internal volume control.

Mañana · 01-23-2005, 06:27 AM

Useing WinDVD. What codec will work?

frodobaggins · 01-23-2005, 06:33 AM

hmmm. I use WinDVD, maybe it IS something else, I will look into it.

antimatter · 01-24-2005, 01:44 AM

Are you using the master volume or WAVE VOlume?

Mañana · 01-24-2005, 02:15 AM

Mater on my home computer (where this accured)
Useing wave in my car, but haven't tested this there yet...

Curiosity · 01-24-2005, 02:34 AM

I used to have an AC3 codec (AC3Filter) that would mess with the volume. I don't know if you can get ahold of GraphEdit without the full DirectX SDK but just dragging a video into it will show everything that gets loaded including the codecs. That's the easiest way to find out what's going on.

Mañana · 02-02-2005, 04:06 PM

I've downloaded the dx sdk (dxsdk_dec2004.exe) from Micro$ofts website... Can't find "GraphEdit" tool?

Curiosity · 02-02-2005, 05:53 PM

It should be C:\DXSDK\bin\DXUtils\graphedit.exe
Or easier, just get this: http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=GraphEdit

Mañana · 02-04-2005, 10:31 AM

But the problem accures even when not playing a movie. Just opening the program causes the volume to rise.

And graphedit doesn't seem to be albe to handle dvd movies?

Curiosity · 02-04-2005, 12:00 PM

You should be able to load the individual .VOB files into it or into WMP. I may be totally wrong, but it's worth a shot to see what codecs get loaded into the graph. You can then right-click on each one and hit Properties. Some have adjustments. Like the AC3 one can be bypassed for wave/mp3 and they won't mess with the volume. Some other codecs are just poorly written and need to be removed/replaced.

Mañana · 02-04-2005, 12:10 PM

This doesn't seem wrong to me?

Curiosity · 02-04-2005, 11:01 PM

Oh that's odd. Mine goes through an MPEG splitter first, then to the MPEG decoder and AC3 decoder. I guess yours goes directly to the sound card from the DVD player or something?