[MPlayer-users] [BUGREPORT] Crash when REAL used with any -aop options

[D Richard Felker III]

On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 05:58:00PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> Hi,
> > > > What's the point of -softvol-normal values above 100? With 200, it seems
> > > > to start at the current volume level, only droping to half volume when
> > > > you first hit 0/9. Bug?
> > > 
> > > Not really. The volume filter is only inserted when you actually try to
> > > change the volume. -softvol will only enable you to use software volume
> > > control, it won't put it on automatically. The point of allowing these
> > > values is giving you more fine-grained control... If it really make
> > > sense is a different point ;-)
> > > 
> > > > Why isn't 50 the default?  Seems a much more sane value to me, and makes
> > > > it work exactly like "-aop list=volume" does.
> > > 
> > > I chose 90 because that fits perfectly for practically all movies I have
> > > lying around (no DVDs). With 50, if I turn the volume up fully, I will
> > > get very heavy artifacts because the volume is too high.
> > 
> > this is very bad. most dvdrips are adjusted to proper volume. most
> > dvds on the other hand suck, and you need INSANE volume amp to be able
> > to hear them at all.
> 
> What is very bad? I find 90 a reasonable default, no need to make
> adjustments for broken things default ;-)

hmm, maybe i don't follow.
can we just make all the volume stuff in mplayer work in dB now?
anything else is really ridiculous..

rich