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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 21 for Windows => Topic started by: DoubtingThomas on February 22, 2016, 01:18:16 pm

Title: Did MediaCenter get louder?
Post by: DoubtingThomas on February 22, 2016, 01:18:16 pm
MediaCenter 21.0.45.... recently, not sure when... MediaCenter is playing louder overall.  My system sets the volume in a preset at startup, so I know my audio system volume has not changed, and not changed across multiple processors/amps....

I have to turn the volume down in every zone now.

I have VolumeLeveling ON and AdaptiveVolume OFF.
Title: Re: Did MediaCenter get louder?
Post by: Matt on February 22, 2016, 01:55:14 pm
We just thought people would like the sound a little more if we made it a little louder.

I'm kidding!  There have been no volume level changes recently.
Title: Re: Did MediaCenter get louder?
Post by: DoubtingThomas on February 22, 2016, 01:56:27 pm
We just thought people would like the sound a little more if we made it a little louder.

I'm kidding!  There have been no volume level changes recently.

Thanks... that's scary.. then it's my ears.... I don't like that at all.
Title: Re: Did MediaCenter get louder?
Post by: Matt on February 22, 2016, 01:59:31 pm
There was this change recently (in 21.0.1):
NEW: Volume Leveling uses the additional Headroom provided by Internal Volume for a more consistent experience on highly dynamic tracks or when downmixing.

Title: Re: Did MediaCenter get louder?
Post by: DoubtingThomas on February 22, 2016, 02:03:03 pm
There was this change recently (in 21.0.1):
NEW: Volume Leveling uses the additional Headroom provided by Internal Volume for a more consistent experience on highly dynamic tracks or when downmixing.

I've had many MC versions since 21.0.01  ...and I don't use internal volume.

Something changed in my perception, if there were no code changes to cause it, then it has to be my ears or my brain.... scary.
Title: Re: Did MediaCenter get louder?
Post by: blgentry on February 22, 2016, 03:42:05 pm
This has happened to me several times.  In *my* case, it was always because something had changed with my System volume on the sound output I was using.  Or Volume leveling was OFF when I thought it was ON.

It's unlikely that you think every zone is louder.  Possible.

Can you easily roll back to a version that's a few back from where you are now and see if anything changes?

Brian.