Fix for silent voices and loud sfx on Sony x800d?

by Maegnar

Dear redditors,

I have a question that I'm struggling to find a solution for.

I've got Sony x800d hooked up via 35mm jack to a 2.1 sound system that's left from my older PC.

And when trying to watch movies I have to constantly change volume on TV to either hear what the characters in the movie are talking about, or to not get deaf from loud-as-hell sfx (shooting, explosions, etc).

The audio in the movie is 5.1 and on PC version of VLC player (and I think MPC) there's an option in the preferences to normalize audio to specific setup (i.e. 2.0 or 2.1) - it removes this problem entirely. Is there a similar option in any Android TV settings? Maybe some equalizer app? Or some specific player that could do that by itself?

Thanks for any info.

fehmi1907

I have a x800D and do suffer from the same on Kodi and also Netflix - Netflix does have an option to use 2-channel audio but there is no app-wide option - you need to switch audio for any movie/show you want to show.

Any help would be appreciated!

hclpfan

This had nothing to do with your TV... This is how movies have their audio balanced (meant for theaters). Your best bet is to look I to audio normalization options on your receiver (assuming you have one).

Tglover

What is the video type or source? Anything that's downloaded or streaming normally has this issue. You can use a av receiver to adjust the eq and up the frequency for voices.