Has anyone else noticed that volume while playing videos with stock player even set in max is very very lowwwww...?
same here. everything seems to be very low. even notifications. only the built in ones tho. once i put my own ringtone and notification sounds on, they are loud enough.
Ok, I have the Verizon CDMA/LTE G Nex.
The built in audio speaker quality is very inconsistent.
Why is it that youtube audio, build in video player output very low sound to to the speaker?
And some apps like WatchESPN are also very low audio output to the speaker.
But my speaker phone sounds very loud on a conference call. Speaker sounds loud on apps like WFAN/CBS Radio New York? Speaker sounds loud playing back iPhone .mov video files my wife sends me from her iphone.
I have my own iPhone 4S and WFAN radio app sounds as loud on the iphone as my GNEX. But youtube video is so quiet on the GNEX compared to iPhone.
Yes, I've tried the Volume Plus app also but that has not helped with the built in apps like Youtube.
Hi,
i got the Firmware Update from 14.5 today. Is there anywhere a changelog, what is new with this update??
Because after i installed it and the Surface rebooted the icons on Metro UI where smaler than before, so that there where one more icon in each column. After i started some apps and come back to the metro UI the icons where at the "normal" size, it was before the update. So was that only for me?? Should the icons be smaller, or what happend??
The smaller icons looked a bit better
Read http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/support/performance-and-maintenance/rt-update-history
Thanks, have the icons become smaller??
HandyBesitzer said:
Thanks, have the icons become smaller??
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That's an oddity that happens occasionally, there's been a number of reports of it happening. If you want to have more icons there's a thread floating around here somewhere that has a registry tweak that can do it.
Thanks for the info.
But now i have an other real problem. When Hearing Music quietly the Sound changes all the time between a higher and lower Sound Level. Only when i have it loud enought the Sound has a constand volume. Thats realy annoying. Is there something known?
And it depens on the song i hear. For some Songs i Need to listen with volume louder than 8 for other it Need to be louder than 4 to have a constand volume. But it doesn't matter if it is YouTube app, in browser, or the Music app.
Only when using headphones there is no problem.
I hope you can help me.
I seem to have that problem too. When listening to music through the speakers at low volume it cuts in and out. Mainly near the end of a track. Thought it may be a buffering issue initially as was streaming, but it's the same with local files.
Quite unsatisfactory.
Yes that's exactly my problem. It depens on the song you listen. Is there a fix for that?? Does everybody have this problem??
The only solution I've found is to rock out louder :highfive:
Had the Problem at Volume lvl 14, too. And at an other RT it's the same. for sure The last Update was s**t
I was playing with the audio on mine yesterday, here's my observations:
The audio level is uneven when it's at low volume (it seems to fluctuate maybe 10-15% when it's below around 40 on mine)
I can only tell a minuscule difference between audio at 50% and audio at 100%, whereas audio at 10% is drastically quieter than at 50%
It does seem to be louder, but since it fluctuates so much <40% for me and I prefer to listen to it quieter at night to not disturb others it's largely worthless.
I'm not noticing any of these issues when I use a USB headset.
Edit: After a reboot I no longer notice the audio level fluctuations.
Any one else having issues when playing music? The volume gets soft/low when seeking through a track, so you have to turn the volume up. Though once a new track begins, it gets very loud. Also it seems the bass gets very soft until a new track. Anyone know of a solution? This is with headphones and/or Aux port.
Edit: Well i found a solution run the stock samsung music player first.
It seems to be 3rd party music players (or maybe just PlayerPro) that had the issues. The Darthstalker rom that had the volume boost which is what made the music volume be very loud or soft. I installed stock volume zip. which solved that, but still the bass was cutting out when seeking through tracks. If you run stock samsung music player first then 3rd party/PlayerPro music app. The bass should be fine.
*On the side note if anyone ever noticed light white noise hiss sounds during quiet periods of a song or at the end. From the searching i did today it seems like its based on the impedance of the headphones. The lower the impedance, the higher chance you'll hear slight hiss sounds.
Is everyone's notification volume lower than full volume? Notification volume as in ringtone, alarm, and notification sounds.
I can go to Zedge and preview a ringtone, and it sounds great. I set it as my default ringtone, and it is only 2/3 the volume the preview was. My stock notification sounds also seem to be about 2/3 volume.
I have went into every setting I can imagine, with no results. If anyone has any ideas how I can fix this without root, or at least test it out and confirm it is a Pixel thing, I will feel better. Lol. Thanks!
st3ph3nbr!tt said:
Is everyone's notification volume lower than full volume? Notification volume as in ringtone, alarm, and notification sounds.
I can go to Zedge and preview a ringtone, and it sounds great. I set it as my default ringtone, and it is only 2/3 the volume the preview was. My stock notification sounds also seem to be about 2/3 volume.
I have went into every setting I can imagine, with no results. If anyone has any ideas how I can fix this without root, or at least test it out and confirm it is a Pixel thing, I will feel better. Lol. Thanks!
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have you tried pulling down the menu when adjusting the volume and making sure its all the way up? mines seem fine.
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have you tried pulling down the menu when adjusting the volume and making sure its all the way up? mines seem fine.
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Everything is max. I'm not sure what it could be. It may be this way on all of them. I just noticed BC I don't have the best hearing and need the extra volume that I seem to be missing. I go to find the loudest ringtone I can find, then set it, and notice it isn't quite as loud as the preview was. I had to do a couple tests to make sure I wasn't just imagining it. It isn't a huge difference. Like I said seems like maybe 2/3 as loud. Maybe closer than 2/3 but quieter non the less.
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Everything is max. I'm not sure what it could be. It may be this way on all of them. I just noticed BC I don't have the best hearing and need the extra volume that I seem to be missing. I go to find the loudest ringtone I can find, then set it, and notice it isn't quite as loud as the preview was. I had to do a couple tests to make sure I wasn't just imagining it. It isn't a huge difference. Like I said seems like maybe 2/3 as loud. Maybe closer than 2/3 but quieter non the less.
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maybe i dont notice it but it sounds pretty close to me and its loud. maybe they have a audio booster for videos and audio and the notifications are set differently.
Thanks for the response. My friend got his pixel yesterday. I'll do some side by side tomorrow and see for sure. Maybe I'm just getting old. Lol.
I just got the pixel xl yesterday and I'm noticing the exact same issue as you. Any alert, ringtone, text alert, alarm etc. When listening to music or to the original alert on Zedge its normal volume. As soon as that same alert is set as a notification it's significantly lower volume. I rebooted in safe mode and same issue so must not be an app related issue.
Coming from a Nexus 6 and 6P, I'm noticing this too. I usually keep my XL in the same desk dock that I used for my 6p, so at first I attributed the lower volume to the sound from the down firing speaker being absorbed by the dock. However, I'm noticing it when it isn't docked too, so I'll be following this thread for a solution.
Mine is also too low. The only phone I have had in the last few years that was loud enough was the Nexus 6. I am thinking of trying the WETA rom to see if I can boost the volume.
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I've noticed this on the last few devices which were all Nexus. So I think stock Android is the main culprit. Earlier today the sound was really low. And I noticed because the lock sound it makes when pushing the power button was low. Seemed a reboot fixed it for me but it happens periodically. Did anyone happen to sideload the J build that was accidentally released in Canada?
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I had the Nexus 6p
before the pixel xl, never had this problem....not sure wtf is going on but it's aggravating
I have the exact same issue as the first post 7 months latter! Just got my Pixel XL 3 days ago. The default messages notification sound is just not loud enough on max. I got some louder sounds from the Zedge app. When I listen to it on Zedge, it is louder than I need it. Then I text myself and it is about 2/3 to 1/2 of what I get when I listen though Zedge. I can't hear it form across my house, it is very annoying. Did not have this problem with my iPhone 6s - and the volume was not on max. On the Pixel all 3 volumes are on max. Tried to adjust volume while the phone notifies - that did not help either. I am missing messages. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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I have the exact same issue as the first post 7 months latter! Just got my Pixel XL 3 days ago. The default messages notification sound is just not loud enough on max. I got some louder sounds from the Zedge app. When I listen to it on Zedge, it is louder than I need it. Then I text myself and it is about 2/3 to 1/2 of what I get when I listen though Zedge. I can't hear it form across my house, it is very annoying. Did not have this problem with my iPhone 6s - and the volume was not on max. On the Pixel all 3 volumes are on max. Tried to adjust volume while the phone notifies - that did not help either. I am missing messages. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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That's odd. I've only had my Pixel XL for about 5 weeks but all the volumes seem plenty loud to me. You can change the default notification sound to something longer or more noticeable or you can set the phone to vibrate as well when you receive notifications. You can also set notifications to blink the light on the top of your phone which might alert you if you do miss one. Good luck.
Just got a Pixel (not XL) and found this thread and same issue.
If you go above 50% on the ringtone volume it is fine and the notification and ringtone volume are the same, however anything less is definitely noticeably softer.
A way to fix is is to use a MP3 gain modifier but hopefully they fix it in Android O.