# Volume boost doesn't do anything

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** server-windows, android-mobile-legacy\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857 "2023-03-09T02:02:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ipalm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e274bd/32.png) [@ipalm](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ipalm)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857/1 "2023-03-09T02:02:29Z")

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I use it a lot with VLC. Am i doing it wrong? I just set it to “huge” and no change

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**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857/2 "2023-03-09T18:56:19Z")

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The boost option only applies if the audio is being transcoded from surround to stereo. Is that happening in your case?

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**Author:** ![ipalm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e274bd/32.png) [@ipalm](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ipalm)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857/3 "2023-03-09T19:08:17Z")

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Nope. Any chance we could get a volume booster in the player?

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**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857/4 "2023-03-09T19:10:42Z")

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There are no plans to add that.

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**Author:** ![SE56](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/se56/32/222425_2.png) [@SE56](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SE56)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857/5 "2023-03-09T19:12:03Z")

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Would be good with TV apps

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**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857/6 "2023-03-09T19:42:50Z")

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The TV apps have 0 control over the volume. The only way would be to transcode the audio to raise the gain, which means no more direct play.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/volume-boost-doesnt-do-anything/833857/7 "2023-06-07T19:43:25Z")

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