Get Volume Normalization on Laptop with B&O Play Audio

[Rangan Das]

I have a HP Pavilion 15-AB125AX laptop that comes with B&O Play audio. The audio driver is the vanilla Realtek Audio Driver but the audio control panel is not what I get with my desktop PC. On the laptop, it is a overly minimalist control panel with three sliders for Treble, Bass and Dialog Clarity. There's also an equalizer.

There is no environment, virtual surround, or even volume normalization. This is what I need the most. The speakers on the laptop are really tiny, but I still think I can push more sound through it. Is there any software solution that can amplify the audio without messing with the driver?

 

[the nerd 389]

Laptops frequently use stripped down codecs. They generally have 4 channels instead of 8-10 that you get on desktops.

They also cut features, like volume normalization. Do you know what codec is in your laptop?

 

[Rangan Das]

Laptops frequently use stripped down codecs. They generally have 4 channels instead of 8-10 that you get on desktops.

They also cut features, like volume normalization. Do you know what codec is in your laptop?

Nothing I got from the audio control panel. Here's the Hardware ID

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0282&SUBSYS_103C80B5&REV_1000

 

[the nerd 389]

That's marked as a Realtek ALC282. That specific codec hasn't been added to their website yet, but if you go by the 272, it should have dynamic range compression (a.k.a. volume normalization).

You may need to uninstall the HP drivers for it, and then run Windows update to get the Realtek drivers. Those should allow you to access the settings you're after the same way you're used to with a desktop.

That's a lot of "if"s, "may"s, and "should"s, though.

 

[Rangan Das]

That's marked as a Realtek ALC282. That specific codec hasn't been added to their website yet, but if you go by the 272, it should have dynamic range compression (a.k.a. volume normalization).

You may need to uninstall the HP drivers for it, and then run Windows update to get the Realtek drivers. Those should allow you to access the settings you're after the same way you're used to with a desktop.

That's a lot of "if"s, "may"s, and "should"s, though.

Did a clean install of Windows 10 1703. Let Windows Update install drivers. It's the same HP's crappy driver.

 

[the nerd 389]

This method might work:
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/threads/solution-for-realtek-high-definition-audio-not-working-after-windows-10-upgrade-on-asus-r1f.67219/