Increase volume for PVR500

[myoung84]

I have a PVR-500 connected to 2 SA STBs via S-video. Is there a way to increase the volume of the audio inputs? I am having to crank up the volume on both the server PC and my HDX more than I would for normal TV or DVD. BTW, my volume on the STB is fully up. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

[Tomahawk51]

I also have this problem, but on my PVR 150 card. I tried to search for a solution in the past, but never found one that worked.

[carlgar]

You should look at http://forums.sage.tv/forums/showthr...55&postcount=1. It is intended for the PVR250 but may work.

[gplasky]

Choose the AC3Filter in Sage's Detailed Setup and enable Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) in the settings and crank the setting up a bit.

Gerry

[JREkiwi]

You'll be wanting the registry settings described here.

John

[myoung84]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Choose the AC3Filter in Sage's Detailed Setup and enable Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) in the settings and crank the setting up a bit.

Gerry

I do not hace AC3 Filter. How do I get it?

[mattdcknsn]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Choose the AC3Filter in Sage's Detailed Setup and enable Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) in the settings and crank the setting up a bit.

Gerry

I don't see a setting in there regarding DRC, where are you seeing it?

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by mattdcknsn

I don't see a setting in there regarding DRC, where are you seeing it?

It's in the settings for AC3Filter, not Sage.

Poor hearing conditions
Problem: You watch a movie and realize that sound is quiet, so you can hear voices hardly and cannot hear details at all because of environment noise or weak speakers. You try to increase volume, but it does not help because it is already at maximum level.

Enable tray icon and start your movie. AC3Filter's icon will appear at system tray. Click on it and you'll see filter settings dialog.

Take a look on output levels: (Link above)


You can see that now levels are moving far below maximum level. Let's raise them! To do this, increase Master gain. But keep an eye on levels, it should be no overflows when people speaks (limiting of speech is very noticeable).


Now speech is reproduced close to the maximum level possible, exactly as we need. Note that levels should not become red on normal sounds, only on loud. AGC must be enabled! Otherwise loud sounds will be clipped that sounds bad.

Different movies may require different gains! For example, one movie may require high gain to watch comfortably, and another will sound badly with this gain due to constant overflow. Therefore you should set high gain with care and decrease it when necessary.

Well voices are good now, but quiet passages are still too quiet and almost inaudible.


In this case DRC can help! DRC gains quiet sounds and does not gain loud. That's what we need, because we don't want voices to be gained anymore to prevent its limiting. Enable DRC and raise DRC level until you can hear quiet sounds more or less clear.


Note, that very high DRC level (above 20dB) may lead to noticeable 'loudness jump' effects (see Loudness and dynamic range). So you should keep balance between loudness of quiet sounds and 'loudness jumps'.

That's all. Now we can hear voices and quiet details clear!

Gerry

[mattdcknsn]

Found it thanks.