normalize Ad volume with content volume
Not as frequently as before but still often, Ads play which are dramatically louder than the broadcast content. This is an annoyance, interferes with other people in the house, and frankly makes me more likely to mute the ad and go do something in a different tab.
Normalizing volume levels with stream average volume or peak volume wouldn't take a huge amount of processing power and would fix the problem entirely. It's required by the US's FCC in other broadcast mediums, but it's really just a quality of life improvement for the viewers and a mark of good production.
A majority of ads on web and TV apps should now have normalized sound. We are still continuing the work on this and will update the status again when it is fully complete!
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LordTomoyoshi
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I'm starting to notice a lot of Twitch ads are the culprit of the much higher volume across the board with a few non-affiliates in between
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lobel
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Moderate the sound/loudness of ads with the sound/loudness of the stream that's being watched. Even if there is an audio setting to lower the ad volume separately, some ads are horribly loud in comparison to the stream. The drastic difference in volume ruins the experience.
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dverik
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Laying in bed watching some stream, they are playing hearthstone and talking softly and suddenly the ads come on and wake up half of the house. Please fix this asap.
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eManein
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lower them, pls. and don't pause stream while on another tab, pls
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phoenixblueflame
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Normalized could be better. The Dr. Martins ad is INSANLY LOUD! It almost blows up my headset and really hurts my ears!
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4Heisenb3rg
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some Ads are way too loud. It hurts my ears. Idea: Normalize the volume of all ads to a normal level.
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cjg085
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lower the volume of the ads
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B1n4ryGaming
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NO ASMR, MUSIC, Meditation, etc hell all Categories should not get ads at all unless the streamer intends them... the old system was great i want to make ad revenue hit a button... it should be reverted back to the streamer in control and not the greed of amazon.. its even worse now with these random LOUD audio ads in these safe space streams...
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Knee_Kap
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I completely agree that this is a major issue. I have twitch on while I work and I'm often not looking at the particular stream. I have a huge problem with ads appearing with the volumn much higher than the stream. On top of that, when the stream resumes, the volume is often raised from its original level or muted for some reason.
Ads are annoying as it is but these issues have made them disruptive. I often have to switch to a smaller streamer or someone I'm subbed to when they start. If I'm really inclined to stay on that stream, I'm probably muting the ad to avoid these issues.
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toppledturtle8
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Are you perhaps sponsored by hearing aid companies? There is absolutely no reason my ears are blown off my head every time an add starts. Please please please address this because it is horrible
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rooxy1969
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Me parece una buena idea para nosotros como streming
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RedQueen654
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As an ASMR streamer, so many of my viewers have to adjust their headphones a lot for ads or risk damage to their ears. Please allow for lower volumes to protect their ears. Thank you
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laisebang
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I can't watch twitch with a headset, because of this. I have screamed out loud before when the ads come on, because it hurts so bad. When watching on pc I turn the sound down by 50% when the ads come on or just cut the sound completly. It is a big issue.
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Ravenzadow
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For what it's worth, I've filed a complaint with the FCC website. This is absurd. I've already got hearing loss from the military and I don't need Twitch commercials(particularly the Monster one) making it worse.
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KevDu72
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baisser le son des pubs pour qu'elles soient au même volume sonore que les streams
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SenyorM
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Twitch, please address this. I watch streams at work. When I suddenly get ads, which are dramatically louder than the stream content, I am driven to (a) mute the ads or (b) stop watching completely. Also, you're required to normalize ad volume by law: https://www.fcc.gov/media/policy/loud-commercials
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HNGX
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Die neue Huaweii Werbung ist unglaublich laut. Bitte ändert oder entfernt sie einfach. Ich erschrecke mich jedes mal.
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LWChris
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This still needs a lot of work. Is it really that hard to adjust the playback volume to the streamer's content average volume?
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Its_BitZ
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For the Twitch video player to know the amount of volume is being outputted, this can be via the slider that the viewer has set or the DB the stream averages, cause alot of viewers like to lurk or go to sleep with the favorite content creator on, myself included.. Only to get woken up by the loud Ads being played through the stream, But this is more noticable when your streamer raids somebody your not Subbed to.
Will be an awsome feature to add
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Fluffysnotmonster
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This is a fantastic idea! I literally just got one that was so much louder than the video and the other ads. Each ad itself also seems to be at different volumes so its been hard to have twitch on while I work or at night because there is a chance I may get blasted with a loud ad.