[bcab] Re: Laptop and volume level

Hi Tim.  Yep I think you're right.  I don't know why I've got it in my head 
that a laptop should be this booming piece of equipment, but I'm sure I'll get 
used to it!  Thinking on, regarding the DVD, I tried it with headphones and it 
was great...I'm sure this is how people watch and listen to DVD's with those 
portable units anyway.  I guess if the kids want to watch a DVD then they'll 
just have to pop on some headphones, smile.  Cheers Steve.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tim Gebbels 
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:01 AM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: Laptop and volume level


  Hi Steve.  I have a similar problem when editing material with Sound Forge.  
When sound files are at a comfortable volume with SF, Jaws is deafening.  
Without trying it I guess DVD volumes are lower also than JFW though I've never 
found it a huge problem although, thinking about it, I'd never listen to a DVD 
through my laptop's speakers anyway given a choice.
  Certainly, external speakers would be a solution but only if they have their 
own power supply and thus their own amplifier.  If they were the unpowered sort 
the problem would get worse as you'd be trying to drive speakers from what is 
actually only intended as a headphone output from the sound card.  Look at the 
master volume as Graham suggests, but the more I think about it, the more a set 
of external speakers would seem to be your best option; I suspect the master 
volume on your card is fine.
  HTH
  Tim Gebbels
  PS: or you could rip the DVD content and put it on a portable media player!  
That's my favourite option at the moment.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steve Spamer 
    To: > 
    Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:22 PM
    Subject: [bcab] Laptop and volume level


    Hi list.  Can anyone offer any advice on laptops and the volume level they 
have?  I've just got an Advent 7201 with Vista Premium on it.  I've upped the 
audio levels and JFW is working well.  However, when playing a DVD, the volume 
is very low...even with the windows media player at full volume.  Is this usual 
for laptops?, as I've never had any experience with laptops.  I've only ever 
had a desk top PC and I've probably been spoilt with the volume, so I'm just 
trying to find out if laptops are usually quite a bit lower.  BTW, if this is 
the case, do people use external/plugin speakers for watching DVD's?  cheers 
Steve.

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