A8Js DVD Movies are too quiet!

Any thoughts? I turned WMP volume to maximum, the Asus volume to maximum, and manually went into the sound control panel in Windows and turned all to maximum

However its still so quiet with any ambient noise I can't hear the movie well enough I find acceptable.
Ideas?

 

Headphones/external speakers.



Notebooks rarely have great speakers.

 

No...I realize this.

But I can't even HEAR IT.

 

This is more a problem with the way audio is done on DVDs rather than with the A8Js, although the speakers on the A8Js are mediocre to say the least.

Audio on DVDs has a very high dynamic range (ie: difference in loudness between softest and loudest elements), so dialogue will be a lot quieter than explosions for instance. You may have been caught out by this when watching DVDs late at night, where you'll turn up the volume to hear people talking then something blows up and wakes the next door neighbours.

I don't use WMP myself, but does it have an option to apply dynamic range compression? It may also be labelled as "night mode" for the reason I mentioned above.

 

I have seen it more than once that turning everything way up kills the audio output. You can barely hear anything.

Try turning all of them all of the way down, then move them up again less than full.

Hope that helps,
Bob

 

Try looking at the taskbar, and click on the volume tab, check if 'Wave' is configured properly, for me that bar sometimes jiggles around randomly...!

 

What he said. If you are in "stereo" or 'headphone" mode, WinDVD/PowerDVD will apply dynamic range compression automatically..