Low volume level check

I tried to watch Domino (2005) http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Domino/70028901?trkid=188469 and even with all volume levels on the viewer and computer cranked up, it's barely audible. Other titles are fine. Could someone see if they are having the same problem, please?

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Permalink Reply by Knaldskalle on January 30, 2009 at 9:50pm: It's a sign. Skip this one. :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on January 30, 2009 at 9:58pm: Yes, on my mac the volume on that title is extremely low... almost inaudible. I'll check it on the Roku too.

And it's very low on the Roku too. Bad encode. I'll post a notice about it in the problem thread in the Instant Watching Group.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by cg1 on January 31, 2009 at 5:56am: Thank you for checking. I reported it to Netflix earlier in the week and see it didn't improve, so figured it was either something on my side which wasn't likely since it was a single title issue or they haven't fixed it yet.

Appreciate the heads up on the problem thread. I'll use that one in the future for issues.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on January 31, 2009 at 8:21am: yeah, sometimes it takes them a while to re-encode titles... if ever; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill on February 3, 2009 at 8:44am: I have the same problem, but only with movies, not any of the TV shows. I have yet to finish an instant movie b/c I can't hear it.

Using HP laptop with Vista and the volume maxed out. Maybe I should buy some headphones.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on February 3, 2009 at 8:54am: If it's doing on all movies then there's probably something wrong with your settings. If it were occurring on just a few titles I'd say it was just a poor encode.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill on February 3, 2009 at 9:00am: I only know of two volume controls: the PC and SilverLights. Is there another?

Why movies but not TV shows?

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Permalink Reply by cg1 on February 3, 2009 at 9:05am: Bill, do you have a movie(s) with this problem? Can double check on another PC for you. If your computer, volume knob on the speaker itself and player volumes are high, can't think of any other settings.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill on February 3, 2009 at 9:16am: When I play a DVD movie in the laptop, no problem.

Two movies from NF that I could not hear were "The Constant Gardener" and "Cheech and Chongs: Nice Dreams". There were one or two others.

TV shows that I could hear were Weeds, Kolchack: The Night Stalker and The Rockford Files.

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Permalink Reply by cg1 on February 3, 2009 at 9:55am: Is Silverlight something that can be bypassed to see if that's an issue?

Constant Gardener wasn't too bad on my PC (Vista) with volumes about halfway. Same with Cheech. See if you have a speaker level setting. I used season 2 of Weeds as a comparison and it was a bit louder than the two movies.

My original complaint on Domino still exists. I wish it was as loud as any of the three I tried above.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill on February 3, 2009 at 9:59am: Other than the volume control in the task bar, is there anoher for Vista? I have it and SilverLight maxed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by cg1 on February 3, 2009 at 10:43am: Volume dial on the speakers (probably doesn't apply to a laptop?), task bar setting and Netflix player itself are all the volume settings I know of. On the task bar setting you may want to double click on it and then go into the mixer to see how all levels are adjusted.

You may also want to check the Silverlight forum at microsoft since there are messages about incompatibility with Netflix there.; ▶ Reply to This