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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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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Sanlifee
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The Ad volume has improved a little bit. But i still get a heart attack if Ad's are starting. The sound is totally overdriven.
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pastbefore
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"Bladvertising" as the term is.
Having advertisement volume at max gain so no matter what the broadcast of the AD will 99% of the time be louder than the content watching.
Recently this has become so bad with the recent "Doritos" AD as well as the "Samsung 990 PRO" ADs.
I have found myself leaving Twitch completely as soon as they started playing.An entire community shouldn't need to be banding together for what should be a basic industry standard.
I have found myself watching less Twitch in general due to this to the point if a stream has pre-rolls of this sort, instantly leave.
Then a stream that runs ADs to prevent pre-rolls starts playing ADs, instantly leave.
It is detrimental to the user experience and negative for every shareholder involved.
Twitch, Streamers, Viewers and Advertisers.*The lack of updates or any actual change is concerning
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cutter_of_the_cookie
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Totally agree. Shouldn't be difficult to implement. Ad volume must be 5000dB loader than stream at the moment.
As at 28/11/2023 the volume isn't normalised.
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Specs44
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I use twitch daily and this problem keeps happening on and off where ad volume will be way louder than the volume level I have set. I use twitch on my side monitor and tune in and out while I'm doing other things including talking to people, when these ads happen it will blast so loud it drowns out everything else and as soon as I change the volume slider 1% in and direction the audio adjusts to where it should have been. For me it doesn't happen every time and there is no ad specific either as it seems to happen randomly.
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atjfranklin
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The Samsung ads are giving me industrial deafness. It's been over a month IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD
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exus85
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samsung ads are making my ears bleed!
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Sparkles_Pizza
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I guess Ana got FIRED cause this issue never gets resolved - No one there smart enough too fix the issue. So sad.
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sledlord_
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Holy ****! I am going to have hearing loss from your ****** commercial levels. fix your sh1t
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sledlord_
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This is beyond dumb that we even need to put a voice to this issue. Quit F'ing with my hearing.
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Green33_
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Really disappointing there are ads with loud music with seemingly no cap to volume, purposefully designed to force the user to "look at the screen" and turn the volume down.
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Breakspeare
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It's October 2023 and all ads still play at obnoxiously higher audio volume than the stream content. This immediately makes me dislike the advertiser for their inconsiderate intrusion and makes me more likely to simply turn off the stream in favor of platforms with better ad experience.
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unclebeug
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24 September 2023 all ads still play jaringly loud, tablet will be playing audio at 25% then get 6 ads all playing at around 50% wish my music would sound this loud 🫥
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witlesswatson
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To be clear to advertisers who run ads on Twitch....the lack of normalizing this volume makes me immediately associate your brand with me being annoyed and feeling that your brand is not considerate.
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F3TTST3R
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Especially when listening to quieter content like ASMR, the ads are painfully loud and incredibly jarring every single time.
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CepheiW
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it's most of the time the second add that get louder on mobile, should be ez fix right
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CepheiW
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EVERY SET OF ADDS GETS ONE ULTRA LOUD SO ANNOYING DOES IT FEELS GOOD TO GET YOUR EAR BLASTED BY LAME ADDS FIX IT GOD DAMMIT
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moth_claws
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Regarding the update, I have found very few ads are even remotely scaled to the stream’s volume. This is an issue for me on the app on several devices, as well as the web version on desktop, so I know it’s not a me problem. Nothing seems to have actually been fixed.
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Slarottie
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I wish I could put more than 1 vote on this
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AwesomeKickass
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I have noticed the ads adjusting to a normalized volume to match the stream, however they still start at a full blaring volume that is a jumpscare every time. Either starting with a buffer for the commercials to get to appropriate volume or starting the advertisement at a very low volume so it fades up would be a better experience. as it is now, I often jump and hit the mute button, but if they didn't start so loud, it would be fine. I have also fallen asleep to streams and been woken up by very loud ad break starts and that is very jarring.
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れいてんしー
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It is a real shame when very large corporate advertisements are broadcast at obnoxiously high volume. For example, goo......
Regardless, this is a problem that has yet to be fixed as of today.