hello friends,

Recently I have been playing some movie files in my free time and often i find that the sound is pretty low even when all the volume controls are turned on.The volume increases slightly if i normalize the volume but still not audible enough.So i am thinking about investing in an external good-quality sound card. So i want to know what are the advantages of an external sound card over the onboard one ?

I also want to invest in a good-quality wireless headphone. So please suggest some brands.

My budget is 3k.

what model speakers do u have ? r they in good condition?

I too faced similar low audio issues but solved them by installing media player classic that comes with KLE Codec.

There is a setting in View Menu- Options - Internal Filters - Audio Switcher. Try the setting Normalize, Regain Volume and Boost

The Boost slider option really works wonders in increasing the volume.

Try this - KLE Codec Pack - www.filehippo.com/down...odec_pack/

around 15mb and works like a charm

don't forget to give the feedback

The low sound problem could be something else

When i used to use windows, i always used media player classic with ac3filter.

But, the loudest sound output was produced by, kmplayer. it's a really good, full featured player, but still i preferred mpc over it.

and now on linux, i am an mplayer guy.

roadster wrote:

When i used to use windows, i always used media player classic with ac3filter. But, the loudest sound output was produced by, kmplayer. it's a really good, full featured player, but still i preferred mpc over it. and now on linux, i am an mplayer guy.

yep..KMPlayer is excellent media player and i use both mpc and kmplayer.. to watch movies

phoenix wrote:

what model speakers do u have ? r they in good condition? I too faced similar low audio issues but solved them by installing media player classic that comes with KLE Codec. There is a setting in View Menu- Options - Internal Filters - Audio Switcher. Try the setting Normalize, Regain Volume and Boost The Boost slider option really works wonders in increasing the volume. Try this - KLE Codec Pack - www.filehippo.com/down...odec_pack/ around 15mb and works like a charm don't forget to give the feedback

sorry for not providing more info.

1> I have a Logitech front speaker with a subwoofer.
2> My motherboard is Asus M2N-Dvi.
3> Onboard Audio card is nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio
4> I have a XFX nvidia geforce 8400GS 512MB pci-e graphics card.

On further trial, I singled out the issue - Most of my media files are xvid and mp3 encoded (low-res movies). Those files sound find but i have a few files which are h264 encoded and audio codec is either ac3 or DTS. Even using the boost option in KLE, those are just audible enough, not anywhere close to other files.So i am wondering if those files will sound better on an external good sound card ?