Media Center works great, but sound is usually LOW!?

Crunch

Crunch

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Hi all...have you guys experienced this? Even when turned all the way up, the video playback is great, but the audio is simply too low. Virtually every time. I installed some x64 codecs, but to no avail.

The same happens on my 2nd T60p which runs Vista Ultimate 32-bit. I use the VideoLAN player, which plays back almost anything, and I also am the proud owner of a license for PowerDVD Ultra, Deluxe version. No audio problems there. I have installed Service Pack 1 on both Ultimate x64, as well as x86, and the issue is the exactly the same.

Am I overlooking a small thing, such as not putting a checkmark in the right place? Is there some other kind of workaround?

Thanks all! :)
 

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I know this is prolly a dumb question but have you gone into control panel and made sure your speaker setup is correct (5.1 or 7.1 etc) and checked the volume levels? I know it sounds silly but I've seen it happen a hundred times.;)
 

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    Sound Blaster Audidy2 ZS w/ Fatal1ty I/O panel
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    3DMARK06 = 23114
This may also seem like a dumb question, but are you watching HD videos? Because HD is broadcast/Encoded in 5.1 by default, so if you're like me and watching HD programming in stereo, you'll have to crank your speakers almost all the way up.
 

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    HP
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    Core 2 Duo
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    4GB
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    Nvidia
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    2
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    1280x800 ; 1440x900
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    3
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From what I understand, a lot of HD content has audio with a much wider volume range/spectrum/whatever...

I have this problem all the time when I switch from my analog cable channesl to ATSC HD OTA channels... annoying, but not much we can do about it I guess.

Some a/v recievers have "night modes" or similar, that condense the volume range so you don't have to constantly turn the volume up and down... I hate that...
 

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Well, I hate to dispel the suggestions, but I run my sound through my AV receiver, using my home made Dolby Surround Sound with main, rear and center speakers, and I have a Hauppage TV Tuner and am still on analog cable - but whenever I run MCE in Vista (both 32bit before and 64 bit now) the volume from *anything* in MCE is lower than standard windows - and I have even checked the mixed when MCE is running -0 it is at 100%, my overall volume it as 100%, but whereas normally I run my receiver at about 5-7% (at 25% it is almost deafening - great for metal, but not so good when Vista pops up a critical error at 2 AM when you're doing homework and ppl are sleeping) but whenever I turn on MCE I have to push the volume on the receiver up past 12-13% - effectively doubling the volume.

Also, that gets annoying if windows decides to beep at me while I am watching something (like the Boston Celtics' spectacular win Tuesday night). I usually run MCE on one monitor and read forums and such on the other, but every now and again I'll miss a click or something - usually trying to click on one monitor while looking at the other....and the sound are *extremely* loud compared to the cable signal volume. and yes, MCE is maxed at 50.
 

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    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
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    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
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    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
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    2 * 1920 x 1080
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    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
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    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
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    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
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    Logitech MX Master (shared)
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    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
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    AMD A6-5350M APU
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    Lenovo
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    Radeon HD (Embedded)
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    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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    Lenovo 15" Matte
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    1680 * 1050
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    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
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    Lenovo
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    Lenovo
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