• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Love my Jellyfin server, but I have 2 gripes over just using VLC.

    • Can’t use the scroll wheel for volume. It’s a pain aiming for the volume from across the room on the couch.

    • JF won’t boost volume past 100% like VLC.

    Know of any fixes?

    • Bronzie@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Are you playing directly on your server?

      For the first one at least you could solve it by running JF with a Chromecast or similar device.
      Feels cleaner than a wireless mouse in the living room too, IMO

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      7 months ago

      JF won’t boost volume past 100% like VLC.

      For when you need to take it to 11

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      7 months ago

      You can run your Jellyfin connection inside of Kodi which has a ton of configuration options like the volume control.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t watch on my computer, that’s just where it’s hosted. I watch mostly on my AppleTV using Infuse (also great for other Apple products as well)

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      Can’t use the scroll wheel for volume. It’s a pain aiming for the volume from across the room on the couch.

      apparently this is supposed to be coming in the 9.0 feature release. So soon™ I’d have to look to be sure, but apparently it’s coming.

      Volume is weird, i feel like i’d almost like either a “volume target” option, to match volume levels between content, or some sort of fixed audio boost level. Idk.

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        7 months ago

        Volume is weird, i feel like i’d almost like either a “volume target” option, to match volume levels between content, or some sort of fixed audio boost level. Idk.

        Adding replaygain tags to your content could help here, but it’s a manual process, particularly since it’s not normally included in released videos. And I’m not sure if jellyfin supports replaygain tags from video (presumably it does for audio only files).

        mpv definitely does support it at least, with “–replaygain=track”.

        Of course, none of this helps with OPs situation, because enabling replaygain will actually lower the volume on most files, so it can account for high dynamic range content.

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          7 months ago

          yeah considering i have literal terabytes of youtube content on my jellyfin, i think i’ll probably abstain, unless i do some really dirty automation on it, in which case i might not, because that would be funny.

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      7 months ago

      It’s weird to me that anyone would use a PC hooked up to a TV from a couch in 2024, but I’m sure it (otherwise) works for you.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        it’s not weird at all, for one, you get to use a keyboard, for second, you get to use actual real hardware that isn’t spying on you and selling your data. You also get to use a real QWERTY based, or whatever other layout you want that isn’t ABCDE what a fucking abomination that layout is.

        plus you get a whole desktop OS if you please, or if not you can cold roll something specifically for a TV. You just have so many more options, than you do when using a smart tv or generic streaming box.