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

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 08:31:05AM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > In any truly sane setup (leaving things like sound systems for public
> > auditoria and so forth aside), IMO, a volume of "50% of max" will be
> > just about equivalent to "normal listening volume"; this allows the
> > maximum possible flexibility in both directions, whether higher for
> > easier listening at a distance (or overcoming atypical background noise)
> > or lower to avoid distracting people to whom it *is* background noise.
> 
> This may make sense for analog devices, but not in the digital world.
> Unless the source is badly mastered it is impossible to increase the
> volume by more than 10%.
> The bias towards lower volumes seems very justified to me, as lowering
> the volume causes hardly any problems, while rising it will cause artifacts.
> Actually the right solution would be to setup you amplifier to a high
> enough amplification and only _decrease_ the volume with filters ;-).

ARRRGGGGG!!!!
please drop this argument!!!
if the user wants the adjust the volume, the reason is always the
same: the source is badly mastered!!!!

this is the case with at least 99% of dvds!

default should be middle of the bar, 0dB
min should be -50dB or -100dB
max should be +50dB or +100dB

rich