Audio volume appears to be much lower in the 2.234 version

[apichler 5]

Hi all.

I recently upgraded from Emby Theater to Emby for Windows and the volume appears much lower in the new application than in the legacy app.

Am I missing something or why is the audio volume lower in the new version?

Thanks

[softworkz 5065]

There are multiple places where volume can be controlled on Windows:

• Master Volume 
  Loudspeaker symbol in the taskbar
   
• Per-App Volume Mixer
  Settings  >> System >> Sound >> Volume Mixer
   
• Inside the Emby App
  During playback, there's a volume slider

There's also an option to keep the latter always at 100% to reduce places of volume control.

[pwhodges 2012]

If you have media with a choice of 2.0 and 5.1 soundtracks, the 5.1 sounds quieter in some situations, so if for some reason a different choice is now being made that can affect it., depending on where any downmixing is being done

Paul

Edited September 9, 2025 by pwhodges

[apichler 5]

On 09/09/2025 at 15:26, softworkz said:

There are multiple places where volume can be controlled on Windows:

• Master Volume 
  Loudspeaker symbol in the taskbar
   
• Per-App Volume Mixer
  Settings  >> System >> Sound >> Volume Mixer
   
• Inside the Emby App
  During playback, there's a volume slider

There's also an option to keep the latter always at 100% to reduce places of volume control.

I don't see the in-app volume slider in the new app. It does appear in my Emby Theater 3.0.21

[softworkz 5065]

5 hours ago, apichler said:

I don't see the in-app volume slider in the new app. It does appear in my Emby Theater 3.0.21

Look at the top right corner during video playback (move mouse to make all osd overlays visible.

[apichler 5]

42 minutes ago, softworkz said:

Look at the top right corner during video playback (move mouse to make all osd overlays visible.

I'm sorry, but it's just not there. Have attached a photo of it.

 

[softworkz 5065]

Oh, right, that's TV mode. It doesn't show up there.

You can temporarily switch off TV mode or use F9 and F10 for volume+/-

Please try to set it to maximum this way - is the volume still lower than ET legacy, then?

 

[softworkz 5065]

 You can rule out this "hidden volume" control with the option below:

[apichler 5]

Where do you find that settings page?

[softworkz 5065]

In TV mode, the page layout is a bit different, but all menus and options are the same.

If you cannot follow, just disable TV mode temporarily.

[apichler 5]

I changed display mode to desktop, played something and got the app volume control set to full, then found the audio options you showed and enabled "ignore volume control commands".

Everything is working like a charm. Thank you so much for your help.

[softworkz 5065]

You're welcome, thanks a lot for the feedback!