Edge/Chrome audio issue?

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MadEngineer

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#299392 4-Sep-2022 14:36

Something weird I found. I played this video in Edge and noticed it sounded very ... soft:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEHDmn4zS1k

Tried the same in Firefox and it played through all my 5.1 speakers and sounded perfect. I have an option turned on in the Realtek settings to expand sound to all speakers.

Googling the issue suggested adding the flag "--try-supported-channel-layouts" to the end of the "Target" option for your shortcut to Edge and/or Chrome.

I'm curious if anyone else finds the same thing. You can quickly test it by running "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --profile-directory=Default --try-supported-channel-layouts" and doing a sound comparison.

Apparently it's due to Chromium running in a sandbox where you don't get the normal audio.

To permanently apply that flag to Edge/Chrome, right click the icon for it and append as below

or for your pinned icons, right click it then a second right click on the app's name to get to the above properties:

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K8Toledo

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#2963095 4-Sep-2022 15:07

I don't know anyone who uses Edge however could Edge be using WASAPI?

If so it'll bypass the Windows mixer and output stereo, since that file is encoded in AAC stereo. I downloaded it.

What are the OS sound settings?

Rickles

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#2963097 4-Sep-2022 15:24

Just clicked your link using Edge and the music started loud enough with volume slider at 20 .... unbearable above 60 😋

Using a Dell all-in-one desktop

K8Toledo

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#2963100 4-Sep-2022 15:44

It sounded OK to me, however our household agrees Sasha & Digweed's Fabric '99 set we had been listening to sounded better, particularly with the volume turned up to 11.

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#2963166 4-Sep-2022 21:00

Sounds the same between edge, chrome and firefox here. Looks like the green line in volume mixer is getting to the same place for all as well - just over half way up.

I dont have things playing out all speakers because I am not a heathen and leave that for the surround content and gaming only.

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#2963182 4-Sep-2022 21:31

Also be aware theres an issue since july patching causing all sorts of weirdness like this

Seen countless multi monitor setups die, Bluetooth audio devices drop off or reset. Default comms settings change between reboots. And as recent as last week a jabra headset go to 1/4 volume randomly and 100% was never loud enough

It's really doing bizzare stuff

https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/08/22/microsoft-confirms-major-audio-issues-in-windows-10-kb5016616-august-2022-update/

May or may not be related. But I sure had volume drops.

K8Toledo

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#2963183 4-Sep-2022 21:32

richms:

Sounds the same between edge, chrome and firefox here. Looks like the green line in volume mixer is getting to the same place for all as well - just over half way up.

I dont have things playing out all speakers because I am not a heathen and leave that for the surround content and gaming only.

We live rural. ;)

MadEngineer

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#2963206 4-Sep-2022 22:49

I should say it's not just that specific video rather the start of it has some effects that make this problem immediately obvious.

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