[vdr] Re: Channel specific volume (was: Re: remember volume)

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Carsten Koch wrote:
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> ....
> > So, now that there seems to be such a big need for setting the volume of each channel
> > (or, better, each PID) separately, the logical conclusion is to add such a volume
> > setting to each audio PID (well, the "normal" audio PIDs, that is - I don't think
> > it makes sense with the Dolby Digital PIDs). Using '-' wouldn't be wrong, since none
> > of these values can get negative.
> 
> I was surprised that volume control got implemented.
> After all, I have volume control on my amp.
> Now we even get PID-specific volume control. Wow!
> Of course, we should not forget that many channels broadcast
> a different station at different times of day.
> So maybe we should also have time-of-day specific volume
> settings?

Ok, this is getting out of hand...
I'll postpone doing anything in this area and will concentrate on
really important stuff.

Klaus

> To put all that into a few hundred channels (or more, if
> you have a multi-LNB dish, several dishes or a polarmount)
> will of course take days of work. So maybe the EPG scanner
> should sample the peak volume and auto-reduce it if it exceeds
> the highest value?
> 
> Would that also help against the audio glitches that we
> sometimes observe with the latest driver during live viewing?
> Some of them are very loud, so I guess it will help.
> 
> I hope to have offended nobody by this not-too-serious posting.
> I just believe that there are some real problems left to be
> solved and some valuable-for-everyone features left to be
> implemented.
> 
> Carsten.

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