It would be really nice to not have to hold the remote control the entire time I’m watching a free movie or TV show in order to lower the volume for ads.
It’s not even close to normal levels. It’s like the loudness for the advertisement is two to three times higher than the movie or TV show. This is really unacceptable in 2020, with digital audio being so easy to normalize programmatically.
This one issue is really the only thing keeping me as a plutoTV user for my on demand and live tv needs.
There are already clearly defined LUFS values for the ads. Unfortunately, not every spot is adhering to them, yet.
It will still require some learning process
Please report those ads which are excessively loud, so something can be done about it.
Please add the topic/brand/company of the ad, as well as the channel/movie, and the clock time and your geographical region.
https://pypi.org/project/soundmeter/
Can’t run a scan on submitted ads for compliance?
If it were that simple… but unfortunately it is not.
So it’s been 2 years and the ad volume is still 2-3x higher than the content being watched on any of the Plex provided TV & Movies.
Every ad that comes through is too loud. Kay Jewlers, Gain, GMC, don’t know the rest because I just mute them all. What good is their advertising if you mute it the minute you see a commercial is coming and keep it muted until the movie or show starts again?
I saw someone from Plex say it is the volume the advertisers send it through at on another thread, but if every one is loud are you not able to suggest their level? Cable TV and OTA channels I don’t have that issue but I don’t know if that is their software or if it is a mandate by them to advertisers. I’m just hoping there is a solution other than reporting every ad.
Please report at least the channel name you were watching.
@OttoKerner apologies for not stating originally. It was video on demand in my instance. The movie last night was Tomorrow: When the War Began. Let me know if there is anything else I should pay attention to that you would need clarified.
Oh, and it is through the Plex app installed either on my Samsung or LG smart TV. They both have the same issue.
Currently watching Phenomena in the Free to Watch category and wow most of these ads are significantly louder than the movie. Really wish someone would pass a law that ads had to be no more than 80% of the volume of the main programming on all services. It would solve a lot of this crap
The ads for the truck safety are incredibly loud while watching Spartacus. There has to be a way to make people submit volume normalized ads. There was another ad too that i saw earlier and should have noted.
The High Winds Casino ads are also insanely loud while watching Spartacus. In addition to the semi truck safety ads.
