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.
DaJMasta
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Setting this to a partial release status as the 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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Frank
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Hi Twitch. I thoroughly enjoy watching my favorite streamers. However, there are 2 issues which really ruin my mood so very, very often. I'm in the Netherlands, and any and all Dutch adds play unmutable and so loud they almost blow my speakers, let alone my ears. Please try to improve that, because my ears can't take much more. Another adds issue happens when switching to another stream in the desktop app it will try to load an add but 95% of the time fail to load properly. This results in showing the streamer video, but block out the audio while having the "this add supports stream X" message in the top left. The only way to get rid of failure on loading adds is restarting the desktop app.
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Lima
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The auto-ads that pop up at the start of streams are loud, but they fall just shy of exploding my eardrums. Obviously, Twitch is missing its mark, as my ears weren't bleeding the last time an ad played. When my stream volume is on 30%, and my PC volume is 65%, there's no reason the Twitch ads that play are not wrecking my headphones or speakers beyond repair. I suggest turning the gain on these ads from 95, which I guess is the current volume boost setting, up to 98 or 99. That should achieve the goal of knocking me out of my chair or waking up the guy in the next apartment over from the sheer volume of the ad playing on my headphones. Thanks. Just a little more effort, and people in planes flying over my house will be able to hear these ads clearly.
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Peck
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This can be reproduced by watching a stream without jewblock
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Peck
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This can be reproduced by watching a stream without jewblock
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Anonymous
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well a volume limitation for ads would be nice i know ads a louder that the usual stream but some of them are way to loud
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Tyler
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Just lower the volume on advertisements, I have hearing loss from serving in the military. I can't turn the volume up during streams because I have tramatic shock from advertising. If my volume is past 5%. Change this advertisements volume is not more important than your users hearing. If I can prove your volume is higher than approved decibel levels I will take this to court. Civil lawsuit would be a horrible thing for causing damaged headphones and loss of hearing.
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ML0RTD
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Advertising no probleam but playing it at 100% and NO way to set a lower volume is just VERY BAD
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Anonymous
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This ads is insane! The sound started as soon as the ads begin and it's so loud! You can't prepare before because it's coming at an unexpected timing! Are twitch even response to this kind of complain? I hope there are some alternative other than twitch for my live streaming needs
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Anonymous
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make the sound volume same then its on stream (the volume bar on the video)
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Anonymous
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Whenever I open a Twitch stream I get an advertisement (of course.. *sigh*) but what bothers me most is that it will boom from my speakers INSANELY loud, even though the sound settings on my PC are @ 50% and the stream itself is on mute. I watch a lot of creative streams on mute so I don't cause any distraction to the people around me. Needless to say, the fact that your ads seem to ignore any and all sound settings but just blast my way anyway, is keeping me from watching streams. Fix it!
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ZeroThe2nd
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This goes for all platforms. PS3, Xbox One, PC, Android, all have the same issue of the volume of ads being so loud I have to dash to my volume knob to keep my ears from breaking...
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No Noerino
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Please yes. Jesus christ im back to adblock until that is fixed.
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Stabyinya
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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
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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
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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.....
I have even shut down Twitch and gone done something totally else, due to high sound on ads. -
Michael Blagg
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Even more annoyingly, if a 'Skip Ads' button appears, it doesn't even work
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Rastang94
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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
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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
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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
Hope I don't need to be scared anymore soon. -
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