Let's take a look at how you can increase the volume on your computer and laptop in Windows 10 if the volume is too low due to both software and hardware malfunctions.
Many PC problems are related to outdated or unsuitable drivers. If your speaker system or speakers suddenly started to sound quiet, and this applies to all applications and system sounds, it's time to update the drivers for your audio device.
1. We call the "Device Manager" through the Win → X menu.
2. Expand the items "Audio inputs / audio outputs" and "Sound and other devices".
3. Select your sound device and call the "Update drivers ..." command through its context menu.
4. Specify the automatic search type and thereby start scanning Microsoft servers for a newer version of the driver for the sound card.
An internet connection is required to download the new software.
This is the easiest way to get the right program, but not the most reliable and correct one. The fact is that Windows 10 downloads software from Microsoft resources, and not the official websites of the developer of the driver of the corresponding device, so it would be safer and more correct to download the installer from the official resource of the manufacturer of the audio board, motherboard or laptop and install them manually.
Player and movies problem
If the movie starts to sound too quiet when you start the movie, the soundtrack itself or the player could be the source of the problem. In the first case, you can only advise to get the latest version of the program for playing multimedia content and install a fresh version of the codecs, if external libraries are used for decoding video, which is now rare.
Many people making the so-called rips (RIP) of films reduce the volume of the audio track, so that during the posting of the video it is not blocked and the owners cannot even detect it. The fact is that sound studios try to block illegal attempts to distribute audio, the rights to which belong to them, and by changing the sound frequency, the user makes sure that search robots do not distinguish identical content at slightly different frequencies. If the sound is the same in all players - such a soundtrack.
Incorrect volume setting
Often, beginners reduce the volume using the program method, and then wind up the speakers all the way, but they do not achieve the required volume. In such situations, it is necessary to make the sound louder in the operating system itself, and not in the device playing it.
1. We start playing any audio or video file in order to monitor the volume level in real time.
2. Click on the "Speakers" icon located in the tray.
3. Move the slider to the right until we achieve an acceptable volume.
Multimedia keyboards and laptops have dedicated buttons for volume control. If the sound on a laptop is too quiet, it is easy to increase it using hot keys or their combinations, for example, Fn and the left / right cursor buttons, which will save you from unnecessary clicks on the icons of various menus.
Turned up the volume, but it didn't help? We go into the volume mixer, where the sound level of each of the programs playing audio is adjusted.
1. To do this, select “Open Volume Mixer” in the context menu of the “Speakers” icon.
2. Find the problematic application or device and adjust its sound.
Quiet sound in headphones
Devices such as headphones are made to break down as quickly as possible, but not before the warranty period expires. If the sound in the headphones suddenly becomes too quiet, first of all check them on another device (laptop, smartphone), perhaps they are out of order.
Make sure the headphones are working properly. We find the device in the Device Manager and open its "Properties". In the information, we look at their condition. If everything is in order - as in the first case, we update the drivers.
Sound management software
On Windows 10, you can install applications designed to control the system volume using hotkeys. One of them is the Sound Booster utility. Its advantage is the ability to decrease / increase the volume using user-defined hotkey combinations, which is important even for computers with a conventional keyboard.
A common culprit for audio problems can be hardware problems with the playback device.
Instructions
You can also turn down the sound using the keyboard, using its function keys. First of all, you need to find the button
While watching movies or listening to music, the sound on the laptop can be turned down in the player itself. To do this, just move the mouse pointer over the speaker icon and left-click on it. By moving the slider that appears, you can adjust the sound to your liking.
You can also adjust the sound on your laptop using Windows. To do this, go to the main "Start" menu and find the "Control Panel" tab, after clicking on which, a window will appear where all the elements for configuring the computer settings are displayed. We are interested in "Hardware and Sound". After clicking the left mouse button on this tab, the "Sound" window will open, select the "Loudspeakers and Headphones" item, it can also be called simply "Speakers". After clicking on it with the right mouse button, a context menu will appear, in which you should select the "Properties" item. A window of the same name will open, changing the parameters in which you can adjust the sound of the laptop.
The same window can be called by right-clicking on the speaker icon in the tray - the lower right corner of the screen. In the list that appears, select the "Sounds" item. In the window that opens, select the "Playback" tab. Next, we act in the same way as described in the paragraph above.
To add sound on a laptop, you can connect additional devices to it: headphones or speakers. There are also special programs that allow you not only to increase the sound, but also to significantly improve its quality.
When playing a track, there are three options for increasing the volume: increase the original volume track, enlarge volume using the playback device and increase volume audio output devices. The combined use of these methods gives the maximum result, but the separate use of each is also sufficient.
Instructions
In order to increase the original volume track, you must use an editor for audio. The best choices would be Adobe Audition and Sony Sound Forge. These editors have the best sound processing and compression quality for the final output track. In order to increase volume original track, load it into any of these audio editors, then use either the "Boost volume"or the" Normalize "function. Also, you can adjust the graphic equalizer depending on what sound will be the most euphonious.
If you decide to add volume during playback, set to maximum volume reproducing device, i.e. computer, and also maximize volume player with which you play the sound. Use the built-in equalizer to adjust for optimal sound and add the necessary volume if the one that is configured is not what you want.
Use an amplifier to increase the volume of the audio output device. This is a device that supplies additional voltage to the speaker, thereby increasing it volume... Using it you can increase volume play at least two to three times. Make sure that sounds sound natural and that the speaker does not crackle, otherwise you may not calculate the voltage and damage the speaker.
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Modern player programs allow very wide adjustment of video playback parameters, such as resolution, playback speed, volume. But sometimes the limit values of the settings do not allow you to get the desired result. So, a video file may contain an audio track with a very low level sound, as a result of which even the simultaneous setting of the maximum volume in the player and the audio system will not allow you to hear speech well enough. In such cases, you can increase the sound in film by processing it in a video editor.
You will need
- Free and freely redistributable VirtualDub video editor 1.9.9. Available for download at virtualdub.org.
Instructions
Increase the sound c. Open the volume change dialog by clicking on the "Audio" and "Volume" items in the menu. In the "Audio volume" dialog set the "Adjust volume of audio channels" switch to the on state. Move the slider below the switch to the right while controlling the level increase value displayed next to it. The value is given in decibels and percentages. Click the "OK" button.
Adjust the parameters of the audio stream. Select "Audio" and "Compression" from the menu. The "Select audio compression" dialog will open. The list on the left side of the dialog contains sound installed. Choose one of them. The list on the right side of the dialog will display a list of formats supported by the selected codec. Highlight your preferred format. Click the "OK" button.
Wait for the processing to complete. Status information regarding the saving process will be displayed in the "VirtualDub Status" dialog. After the file is saved, this dialog will close automatically.
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note
When adjusting the encoding parameters of the audio track, select formats with a fixed bitrate (formats marked with CBR - constant bitrate). Selecting a variable bit rate format can result in audio and video desynchronization.
Useful advice
In order to make sure that the value of the sound level increase parameter is correctly selected, check the processing result before saving the file by playing back several fragments of the video using the controls located at the bottom of the application window.
Sources:
- VirtualDub Video Processing Help. in 2018
One of the most common problems encountered when reinstalling an operating system is the lack of sound or incorrect operation of the sound card. There are several different techniques for solving it.
You will need
- - Sam Drivers.
Instructions
First, install the required drivers or update the existing ones. Open the Device Manager menu located in the Properties of the Computer menu. Find your sound card to which the output device is connected sound.
Right-click on its name and select "Update drivers". Specify the option "Automatically squeak and install drivers." The system will select the appropriate drivers for this device.
Sometimes this method does not help. If you are faced with such a situation, open an Internet browser and go to the official website of the manufacturer of this sound card. Find the "Driver" section of this resource (sometimes called "Software"). Select the software or driver package that matches your sound card and download it. If you have not found drivers for this model, download programs for similar devices.
Install the downloaded software. Check the sound card is working. If you can't find the drivers yourself, then install the program, which is a database of drivers for popular devices. We recommend using the Sam Drivers utility.
Open the RunThis.exe file from the SamDrivers directory. Select the Driver Installer Assistant menu. Wait while the program detects all installed hardware and selects new drivers for it.
Check the box next to the driver package that you want to update, for example, Sound Others. Click the Run Job for Selected Packages button. Select the "Install automatically" option. Wait for the installed software to update.
Laptop owners often complain about insufficient speaker volume. Most often this applies to inexpensive models designed for office tasks. The problem is solved quickly and simply by connecting external speakers if the computer is used stationary. But what to do if they are not at hand, because you can be with your laptop anywhere.
We begin to understand
Let's consider the reasons that can affect the sound quality:
- If you have a quiet sound on a laptop while listening to any recording, then the reason may be outdated or incompatible with this version of the operating system. drivers... In this case, download and update the drivers for the sound card.
- It is also possible that your PC or laptop has some of the volume controls not set to maximum position. The problem is that there can be several of these regulators. This will be discussed further.
- If only a specific audio or video recording has a quiet sound, then perhaps the reason is precisely how it was originally made by the author. In this case, various programs will help that allow “ reinforce" sound. Such programs will be discussed later in the article.
- If you are using an external playback device and you have only one speaker connected, keep in mind that you will only hear one track of the recording, since there are two tracks in stereo. It may turn out that the audio or video you are listening to is recorded on one track, and at the same time it is a different track, then the sound will be heard very, very faintly, or will not be heard at all. In this case, turn on "mono" listening mode... Or move the stereo balance adjustment control towards the corresponding speaker.
Amplification of sound by standard means
Computer manufacturers do not set the volume level to maximum. So, how do you increase the volume on a laptop with Windows 10 or other earlier versions of this OS. There are several ways to solve this problem:
Increase audio volume in video files
If the sound signal has not significantly increased using standard Windows tools, and you cannot comfortably watch movies on the plane or train, then you should use the settings of the free codec pack K-Lite Codec Pack... The package can be downloaded from the official website at http://k-lite-codec-pack.org.ua/skachat-k-lite-codec-pack. Together with the package, a universal popular and omnivorous is installed Media Player Classic... The latest, for today, version 12.9.0 works with Windows 7, 8, 10. During the installation, you need to pay attention to the settings. By default, the program offers LAV codecs, you need to install ffdshow instead. You also need to select the MPC video player. The skin shot clearly shows in which window of the installer it is done.
To amplify the sound, you need to open the clip using the player Media Player Classic.
If the volume is unsatisfactory, then the required sequence of actions will be as follows:
This method of sound amplification is suitable for Windows 7, 8, 10 operating systems, but has a drawback, it only works with the player. Media Player Classic.
In conclusion, I would like to say that none of these methods is optimal and irreproachable. This is due to the fact that the Internet is replete with media files with different encodings, often made unprofessionally, without observing basic sound recording standards. In this regard, when listening to music, you have to nervously pull the volume control in different programs.
There is one interesting way out. Buy headphones with an active amplifier. In any case, it's not difficult to tweak the volume knob located in the chest area. Suitable for all Windows operating systems, does not require additional programs, does not overload the speakers, is powered by a battery.
Reinforcing sound in a VCL program
Providing a loud sound when watching a video will help VLC media player... Note that the volume control has a maximum value of 125%. Therefore, the recording sound can be amplified by 1.25 times.
Increasing the volume of audio files with Winamp
Free Winamp audio file player for many years it has been the leader among similar applications. Thanks to the built-in equalizer, you can not only raise the volume level, but also significantly improve the frequency characteristics of the sound.
Download player Winamp can be on the official website at the link http://ru.winamp.com/winamp. After installing the application, an interface will open in front of you. The equalizer is located at the top of the screen. If it is not there, then click on the " View", In the list mark the line" Graphic Equalizer».
By default, all faders are set to their mid-position with zero gain. With these settings, the sounds of music are not expressive and lack volume. To improve the sound, try experimenting yourself to find an acceptable combination of the position of the knobs.
If this fails, use the presets. In the left corner of the equalizer window there is a Presets button. Click it and then follow the path " Download» - « Blank ...". The presets window will open. Choose the style you like.
In this way, the sound quality is improved, but the volume hardly changes. It can be increased with the leftmost fader within -12 / + 12 dB.
To feel the difference in sound, use the On / Off button in the EQ field.
The method is suitable for all Windows operating systems, but has one drawback. It will be possible to enhance and improve the sound only when playing files by the player Winamp.
Outcome
So, we've covered a lot of options to fix the low sound problem. To understand how to do this for you, you need to read this entire article carefully, correct possible problems by choosing the most acceptable method.
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If you are the lucky owner of a laptop, then you are probably familiar with the situation when the volume of the built-in speakers is not enough for comfortable viewing when playing the next movie. Below I will tell you two ways increase the volume on the laptop .
The first way. Let's try to increase the volume using the built-in Windows tools. Since the "seven" is currently the most popular operating system among the Windows family, I took all screenshots from it.
Right-click on the speaker icon near the clock in the system tray. In the drop-down menu, select "Playback devices"... In the window that opens, select "Speakers" and press "Properties".
In the window that appears, go to the tab "Improvements" and put a tick next to the option "Loudness"... Save changes by pressing the button "OK".
If after all these manipulations you try to play any audio file, the difference in volume will be quite noticeable.
Second way relevant if you have installed the codec pack " K-lite codec pack". To increase the volume, you need to start the playback of a quiet movie. The codec icons will appear in the tray, as in the figure.
We are interested in the blue icon, which is responsible for setting the audio codec. Double click on it with the mouse to open all possible settings. Go to the tab "Volume", where we check the boxes as in the picture and move the slider "Master volume" to the extreme right position. 
Separately, you can play with other sliders to adjust the sound individually for yourself. To save all changes, click "OK" or "Apply".
If you have downloaded a movie to your computer and it seems too quiet to you, then I recommend that you install one of the media players that have the ability to increase the maximum volume.
One such player is the VLC media player, which has a built-in ability to make the sound louder than the maximum. Of course, the authors claim that they can increase the volume up to 400%, but this is all a lie. However, it is quite possible to slightly increase the volume for watching videos.
Media Player Classic
Not only that Media Player Classic An excellent application for playing video files on a computer, it is also able to increase the volume of the sound, even if it is at maximum. To do this, you need to take a few simple steps.
Built-in fixes for audio problems on a laptop
Equalizer
This is a real lifesaver if suddenly the sound on your laptop becomes quieter and you don't know what to do. There are two simple steps to follow here:
And if suddenly you hear some wheezing or rattling, then try slightly lowering the first three sliders. I am sure it will help.
Loudness
With the help of loudness compensation, you can amplify the sound on your laptop, even if there is nowhere louder. This function removes volume differences based on your perception.
All we need to do is tick the box "Loudness"... Then you can press OK and exit the settings. 
Now, you can see for yourself that the sound on your laptop has become an order of magnitude louder, and if you listened to something during this setting, you will hear an increase in volume right in real time.
A program that amplifies the sound on a laptop
In addition to the built-in methods of increasing the volume, you can try special programs that amplify the sound, for example Letasoft Sound Booster. Such an application was created specifically in order to make the sound louder on a laptop or computer, even if it is already at the maximum. You can download it from here and then just install it as the most common program.
After that, a special icon will appear in your notification area. Right-click on it and select "Settings" from the context menu. This is not necessary, but it may be more convenient for you to work with it.
In the window that opens, you can set the volume up and down hotkeys by selecting them in the appropriate fields. In addition, you can immediately activate the launch of the program at Windows startup, so as not to start it all the time.
After that, left-click on the Letasoft Sound Booster program icon, which is located in the notification area, and you will see that you have a separate volume bar. Be sure to make sure you have a checkmark in the "Enable" box and now just move the slider up. It says that it can amplify the sound by up to 500 percent, but in fact it is not. But be that as it may, the sound becomes really much louder.
But if this is not enough for you, then click on the icon in the notification area again, then select "Operation Mode" - "Super gain"... Just be careful, as your volume will get louder, but this can lead to noises or wheezing. Therefore, everywhere you need to look for a middle ground, so that the sound is loud, and your hearing is not oppressed by extraneous sounds.
Using columns
Yes, this is the most obvious way that I would like to tell you about, and most likely you yourself would have thought of it, but I just wanted to give you a little advice. Take wireless speakers that work over Bluetooth. In the end, laptops are needed to change their location, and wired speakers make this process rather inconvenient. And if you are where there is no electrical network, then it is generally impracticable.
Of course, you can also “pour water on the article” by saying that you can reinstall the drivers or that the problem is a malfunction of the sound card, etc. But I would not like to focus attention on this. I think that in order to amplify the sound on a laptop or computer, these simple and effective methods will be enough for you, even if the volume is already at maximum.
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