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Volume Limiter

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gevaerts:
I think there is one case where a configurable limit would be useful : if you increase the volume without looking at it, and you are in a quiet part, it's easy to set it higher than you would if you look at the screen at the same time.

yapper:
With targets that support gain settings above 0dB, it would be nice to cap the gain at 0dB.

soap:

--- Quote from: yapper on May 20, 2008, 12:17:12 PM ---With targets that support gain settings above 0dB, it would be nice to cap the gain at 0dB.

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--- Quote from: fg on May 20, 2008, 10:16:48 AM ---I think there is one case where a configurable limit would be useful : if you increase the volume without looking at it, and you are in a quiet part, it's easy to set it higher than you would if you look at the screen at the same time.

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How does setting the EQ preamp to a negative value not address these two issues?

yapper:
Neat - if I hadn't mistakenly set precut to -3dB instead of -6dB it would have worked the first time I tried it  :)

The only slightly confusing thing is that the WPS volume display still shows the gain setting without taking into account the precut (e.g. on my 2G ipod at full gain, it shows +6dB, despite the precut of -6dB). Ditto for the Sound Settings->Volume menu. However I can live with that.

shoe:
There was an earlier thread I read in the forums about volume limiting.  After reading it, I created a fixed.cfg folder in the .rockbox directory, with the following text:
    eq enabled: on
    eq precut: 240
This guarantees the player will be volume limited every time it is powered on.  I also put:
    volume: -30
in the file, so that it always powers on at the same volume (does not remember volume when turned it off).

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