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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Stabyinya commented
I'm getting 8 minute blocks of ads and its the same 2 ads repeating over and over....the volume on these ads arn't in line with my current setting on the stream either so ontop of ridiculous spam of ads your ears get blasted. Like you said I love Twitch but this change makes me not one to explore any other streams than the one person I am subbed to. I understand the adblock affected your revenue but do we really need 8 MINUTES OF ADS IN A ROW!?! I am finding myself on youtube streams now which i never thought I would do....sad day...very disappointed in twitch.
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Anonymous commented
Playing a stream nice and calmy, and then suddenly and ad starts to play WITH VOLUME THAT SCREAMS IN YOUR EEEAAAAAAAAARS!!!!!!!
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ShivaMT commented
Ads that are way too loud, unmutable and not possible to adjust sound at all.
This IS a real pain for me. Try having sound sensitivity and tinnitus + this sort of ads.
One of the most recent Way too high is huawei 9 commercial, there is more too.
I have had zero ad blockers, but Twitch.....
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crispisauz commented
Twitch streamers have a pretty wide range of how loud their volume is. I often have to adjust my Windows audio up and down for different streamers.
When I have my volume way up for a quiet streamer my ears get blasted by an ad break.
Adding a default option for streamers to normalize their volume level to a set dB level should help solve these differences and make switching streams and viewing ads more enjoyable.
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Anonymous commented
Just have the volume of the ads be the same levels as the stream you're watching, please. For weeks now I've watched streams on low volume before I fall asleep. Then a local ad with horrible music blows full volume in the middle of the night. I'm sorry to say but this ad has made me hate watching anything on your website whenever it plays I just turn off the stream I was about to watch.
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Michael Blagg commented
Even more annoyingly, if a 'Skip Ads' button appears, it doesn't even work
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Rastang94 commented
Please do! I don't want download adblock because I want support this site and the streamers but if this situation does not improve I will be force to do so... I got a headache for your fault!
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Anonymous commented
Ive gotten Ear damage because of these ads specially the HP omen ads im gonna send you guys my medical bill !!!!!
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plding commented
The ad is way too LOUD comparing to the volume I set for the stream
I think it wouldn't be a problem to balance the volume between the stream and ads
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Anonymous commented
I know you're very aware of some ad providers for making their ads way too loud and disabling the video controls. WHY is nothing being done to it? Get your shit together, the loud ads are why I cannot and will not watch twitch in the evenings anymore. It's ridiculous for you to expect us to sit in front of the computer always having windows mute button at hand.
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Anonymous commented
Ads appear too often and some of them are too loud. It's really annoying to see, you should really fix this.
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Anonymous commented
i'am consindering just boycotting twitch for their ad-policy. Iam seeing 10 ads in a hour from different streamers.... Twitch got REALLY BAD REALLY FAST!
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numberkruncher commented
Ads are way too loud.
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you knowit commented
FOR THE LOVE OF TRUMP, COULD YOU FUCKING USELESS SLUTS FIX THE FUCKING AD VOLUME LEVELS AND/OR ENABLE MUTE FOR THEM!!!!!!!1111!!!1
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libaf commented
Can't mute ads, can't even reduce their volume from the browser. Only way to make these earthshatteringly loud, force-fed noise intrusions any quieter is to mute the entire system. Ads have NEVER bothered me, until this started happening.
And for the first time in my few decades of Internet citizenship, I'm considering getting an adblocker. Get your shit together twitch. This is ridiculous.
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Anonymous commented
Yes! or at least add a separate volume button for ads.
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banana commented
twhitch it's very good, you can see every game...but... stop ads every 10 minutes pls when i reload the page or not... it's a good marketing strategy but can be not... Or make skip after few second
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Anonymous commented
ads are way too loud!!!!!
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DaJMasta commented
A loud preroll ad played while joining a new stream, I went to report it and the control overlay was not present. That means no reporting issues, no muting, nothing. It's laughable how little attention has been paid to fixing problems with the ad system, but even if we want to try and give you feedback on them, if the mechanism isn't there, we can't.