Question Audio volume very low in ShadowPlay video recordings ?

[Aadesh Kaswan]

Posted here because my old Win 10 laptop didn't have this problem, pardon me if i have posted it in wrong forum.

New laptop: HP Omen 16
CPU: Ryzen 7 7840HS
GPU: RTX 4060

i mainly started having issue with this on my new laptop as mentioned above, when i record/use instant replay, there is no volume (at first i thought there was no volume) but found out the volume was way too low to be audible.

This issue might be and is possibly due to the volume i use my iem and headphones at, 2% system sound, becuase its more than enough for me to hear anything, when something is less audible i use 4% but never above that, because after 10% it becomes ear bleed situation, its too loud, its not like i have sensitive years, others have tested it too, its not like my new laptop has this issue, my old laptop i also used 2% volume on headphones, not like the audiodevice has issues,

I have tested usb audio device (headphone) and 3.5mm aux plug audio device (iem) to test this on both laptops, same result, 2-4% is the sweet spot.

At first i didnt realise that videos had audio so i though of using the new nvidia beta app instead of geforce expereince, it stopped all sound at all (becuase some yt videos told to use separate tracks for audio, it stops all sound for some reason), then i came back to geforce experience .

i have asked numerous places for a solution but all they provide help is in to either try obs (did try it, the volume remains low, also tried getting help from obs support, they said to use equaliser apo to remove gain so that i can use atleast volume at 50%, that did work in real time, but in recording it didnt)
i will happily provide more details if you can help me, thanks

 

[Lutfij]

I have tested usb audio device (headphone) and 3.5mm aux plug audio device (iem) to test this on both laptops, same result, 2-4% is the sweet spot.
Have a read through this.

 

[dwd999]

If you're not in a hurry to share your videos you could always edit the videos to Normalize the audio.

 

[Aadesh Kaswan]

If you're not in a hurry to share your videos you could always edit the videos to Normalize the audio.

I can and i have tried it, I tried adding gain to the audio but the quality decreases significantly and i can not realise whether is it too low or too loud for others, is there any way for me to make the audio levels to normal audio levels? Like what other people use instead of 2%

 

[Aadesh Kaswan]

I have tested usb audio device (headphone) and 3.5mm aux plug audio device (iem) to test this on both laptops, same result, 2-4% is the sweet spot.
Have a read through this.

Yes i have read similar articles and seen similar youtube videos, but unfortunately, shadowplay depends on the system sound, what ends up happening is i record at 2% and when i play the recording (it will be at 2% and my system sound is at 2%) the volume becomes 0.04% (not accurate, just an educated guess, 2% * 2%) and i was thinking of getting an external audio controller, but i want to know, is there something wrong with me? Like 2%? On both laptops and on all audio devices? I dont understand, whats the normal volume for others? Is this gonna be with me for eternity?

 

[dwd999]

I can and i have tried it, I tried adding gain to the audio but the quality decreases significantly and i can not realise whether is it too low or too loud for others, is there any way for me to make the audio levels to normal audio levels? Like what other people use instead of 2%

The process of "Normalizing" computerized audio involves the video or audio editing software finding the highest loudest point in the audio stream and raising it to 0 or -1 dB. Its an automated process where you just click on a button in your video editing software and when the file is exported to sound is Normalized or what most of us would call maximized. There is no change in the quality of the audio, its just louder. I use the Movavi Video Editor; you can try the free trail version to see how it works.

 

[Aadesh Kaswan]

The process of "Normalizing" computerized audio involves the video or audio editing software finding the highest loudest point in the audio stream and raising it to 0 or -1 dB. Its an automated process where you just click on a button in your video editing software and when the file is exported to sound is Normalized or what most of us would call maximized. There is no change in the quality of the audio, its just louder. I use the Movavi Video Editor; you can try the free trail version to see how it works.

thanks, i have tried normalizing on premier pro, it seems it can work, but to be honest it would have been much better if the videos were at normal volume instead of being comically inaudible