Comment on does the quality of downloaded youtube video increase after being downloaded?
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Turn off “Stable Volume” in Youtube’s video settings to disable dynamic range compression.
This is a must if you listen to music on Youtube.
Steve@communick.news 3 days ago
Volume and Dynamic Range are different things. One doesn’t effect the other.
Stable Volume just uses a form of ReplayGain to adjust volume for each track so they don’t swing so much.
It’s not doing any dynamic range compression, like some Nighttime Listening mode.
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Tell that to the GuitarTubers whose audio get squashed to oblivion.
I can literally hear pumping clear as day in response to loud moments. It absolutely is doing dynamic range compression.
Its so obvious that I realized I was logged out of my Youtube account after a browser update and had to disable it again.
Hond@piefed.social 3 days ago
But YT definetly fucks something up when stable volume is enabled. My non audiophile ass can notice it instantly even with podcasts. It sounds significantly worse.