All, I ma attempting to figure out why the volume is so different between normal Live TV (from my SD cable boxes) and my ripped DVDs (mp3/AC3 5.1 usually)/HD LiveTV via HDHR. Its a big enough difference if you swicth from SD LivreTV to DVD/HDHR its very loud.

I am assuming it has something to do with the AC3 sound but am not sure. On my actual PC the sound seems about them same for all feeds.

I am using the DMA2100 and the sound is coming out of the RCA R/L connectors -- The video is via HDMI. I have a second DMA2100 that feeds to an old SD TV and it has the same issue. Again, sound is via RCA connectors (and in this case video too).

Any ideas?

I'm still trolling the forums but nothing has come up exactly like this -- I may see if the AC3Decoder fix works otherwise I ma out of ideas.

Cheers, Tony.

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Vista Home Premium 32-bit

2 x Hauppauge 150
1 x HD HomeRun
2 x Linksys DMA 2100 Extenders

I have the same problem.  everything from Live TV and Recorded TV is much lower in volume than my AVI files

And no its not because I have the sound set to output 5.1 when the TV is only stereo. 

I have no idea how to fix it.  Most of the time I watch Live TV with the volume on Max on the TV

"And no its not because I have the sound set to output 5.1 when the TV is only stereo. "

Can you explain this -- perhaps this is what I am doing. I have noticed that anything with AC3 5.1 is quiet. Anything with plain stereo is loud. Live TV from teh cable box is plain stero. HDHR I am assuming in 5.1. Also on DVDs I see the same -- those with 5.1 are quiet. Those with just stero are loud.

Is it possible to set up an extender to use AC3filter? I am assuming the exender does its own audio processing but am not sure.

Are there any tools to let me know EXACTLY what the recorded track is encoded with? Mainly MPEG tracks for me ... so gspot will not work (I think).

Sigh.

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Vista Home Premium 32-bit

2 x Hauppauge 150
1 x HD HomeRun
2 x Linksys DMA 2100 Extenders

OK, I think I am slowly getting to the root of this issue. See the following explanation about AC3 vs 'normal' sound:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=56020

Of course I have no idea how to correct it but I think perhaps I am starting to understand it.

Cheers, Tony.

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Vista Home Premium 32-bit

2 x Hauppauge 150
1 x HD HomeRun
2 x Linksys DMA 2100 Extenders

Did you ever get this solved? I really need some sound leveling on my 2100 in the bedroom. The difference between 5.1 and 2 is huge. Seeing that I have only the tv in the bedroom and no audio gear. 2.0 would be preferable. The settings on the VMC do not carry over to the 2100.

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~Mark
nMediaPC 200BA HTPC | Dual Core Pentium D 830 3GHz | 4gb DDR2 800 | Vista Ultimate TVP|
Nvidia 8500GT | 2x400GB Sata | 1x750 GB eSata | PVR150 | A180 | HVR-1600 | HVR-1800 | 2 x DMA-2100

Same issue HD volume LOW SD volume HIGH.  Prior to updating firmware on 2100 there was no volume on HD only SD.  Then updated firmware and got sound but very low on HD.

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My Xtrem Custom Media Center:

Intel Chipset Motherboard, Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2C GHz 800MHz FSB 512K Cache HT, Rosewill Silver ATX Mid Tower Case, Windows XP Media Center 2005, HP DVD±R/DVD±RW w/ LightScribe, NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, SONY 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, 16-in-1 internal 3.5" Card Reader, 2 Hauppauge Win TV150 PVR-MCE-PCI, 1 HDTV Tuner, 3  300GB  Hard Drives, eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Video Card, Corsair Value Select 512MBx4, LG 19" 8ms LCD Monitor

Same problem here, have never been able to fix it.  HD recodings from TV barely audible at full volume.  output from extender set to stereo.

AVI recodings only need volume at about 30%

Nothing I have tried has fixed it.  It is clearly a software problem somewhere.  Who knows where

I am having the same issue as well..  Frustrating...

 

I swear my wife is going to blow the speakers in my new sony LCD in the bedroom. She forgets when switching from HD to SD.

Unfortunaley i have gotten use it

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~Mark
nMediaPC 200BA HTPC | Dual Core Pentium D 830 3GHz | 4gb DDR2 800 | Vista Ultimate TVP|
Nvidia 8500GT | 2x400GB Sata | 1x750 GB eSata | PVR150 | A180 | HVR-1600 | HVR-1800 | 2 x DMA-2100

Maybe I am crazy, but after I switched from component and audio L & R cables to an HDMI cable, the problem seems to have gone away.  HD TV show volume levels are now around 30%, the same that SD shows and DVD movies are.

 

Have any of you tried HDMI?

HDMI from the start here.

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~Mark
nMediaPC 200BA HTPC | Dual Core Pentium D 830 3GHz | 4gb DDR2 800 | Vista Ultimate TVP|
Nvidia 8500GT | 2x400GB Sata | 1x750 GB eSata | PVR150 | A180 | HVR-1600 | HVR-1800 | 2 x DMA-2100

Same for me, with HDMI.

I understand that the "incoming" recording volume may be lower from the HDHR, but there has to be a way to normalize it.

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Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1
Asus M2A-VM HDMI
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (65W)
500GB SATA HDD; 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800 SDRAM
nMEDIAPC HTPC 500BAR
Samsung 20X DVD±R
HD HomeRun; nVidia DualTV
Linksys DMA2100; WRT600N Router
ZALMAN CNPS 8700 NT

Always used HDMI here

ACraigL:

I understand that the "incoming" recording volume may be lower from the HDHR, but there has to be a way to normalize it.

The linksys should normalize it?  How would the recording be lower from the HDHR?  Doesn't it play at normal volume levels on the HTPC itself?

I am wanting to hook up another extender, but am curious why some of us have/had this issue so I can remedy it before ordering more.

 

I don't see that many complaints about volume levels, other than this thread, which seems odd.

I have the same volume differences on my main htpc.  From what I understand, vista does not offer any volume leveling within media center.

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Vista Home Prem : P4 @ 3.2GHz : 3GB DDR2 : HD2600 : Auzentech X-plosion : HVR1600 : DishNetwork : OTA HD : good ole 27"CRT : DMA2200