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iBook: Low DVD playback volume
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Even at maximum volume setting, the DVD playback volume level through the speakers seems low. Anyway around this? 
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Its the same for me too, dont think you can get round it 
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Originally posted by PeterClark2002:
Its the same for me too, dont think you can get round it
No, just lousy speakers.
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Use headphones, or if possible, plug in to some good speakers
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iBook R.I.P. 20 Nov 2002 - 2 Aug 2005
Hello Leopard! On iMac 17" Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz 2GB, iPod 5th gen 30GB and iPhone
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Originally posted by x user:
No, just lousy speakers.
Not entirely due to this - DVD volume is lower than that of mp3s in iTunes for instance. No way around it that I've found I'm afraid.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Yeah, this is an issue here as well, I just plug my powered speakers into it when watching. doesn't work when i'm out of town though
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Here's a theory I thought I'd just throw out there:
When you're listening to TV and have a mono signal, the volume is "normal." Then, when a stereo signal comes in, the volume increases, right?
Well, since many DVD's have surround sound, perhaps their just missing out on that extra oomph provided by more channels.
I've noticed sudden drops in volume on my iBook, where "regular" DVD players do not exhibit this behavior. I'm thinking sound shifts to speakers that don't exist so the rest of the sound being sent to the only speakers there is lowered.
I could be wrong, so don't go telling your friends that this is the problem, I'm just thinking out loud.
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12" Powerbook 1.5GHz/SuperDrive, 1.25GB Ram, 80GB HD, Airport Extreme, Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger
iBook (Late 2001)600MHz/Combo, 640MB RAM, 20GB HD, Airport, Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther — web server
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Surround signals on stereo outputs are a bit lower in my experience. But I honestly think the problem must be somewhere else. If I just bothered rebooting into os 9 to test the dvd sound output there..
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Sniffer gone old-school sig
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally posted by sniffer:
Surround signals on stereo outputs are a bit lower in my experience. But I honestly think the problem must be somewhere else. If I just bothered rebooting into os 9 to test the dvd sound output there..
Its nothing to do with OS9 or OS X, both exhibit the same behaviour and so too do the Windows laptops I've seen DVDs played on. Laptops with louder speakers than the iBook's have, would make this less noticeable but it seems to just be something to do with the sound on DVD discs. DivX video from ripped DVDs seems to play a bit louder.
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