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Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Re: Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Post by dageshi »

polishdude20 wrote: post #20
manishsharan wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have always wrestled with the ethics of adblocking YouTube. If am subscribed to a channel, that means the content in that channel has value for me. And it is only fair that I provide some value to the content creators in return. Otherwise it is theft. Anyways this is my reasoning. Hence as much as I find ads to be annoying, I put up with them. I am considering cancelling my Spotify subscription and using the saving…

At what point is it considered theft though? If I refuse to look at an ad when it plays is it theft? If I get distracted and not watch it for half the time it runs, is it half theft? If I watch the whole thing and don't actually click through, is that theft? There's no contract that I've signed that demands my full attention is on the ad. So, half my attention is ok? A quarter? How about none? Is it enough that I kno…

At whatever point the content creator fails to get paid for the ad being "viewed" I would assume.

Re: Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Post by Analemma_ »

neilv wrote: post #11

A remaining problem is that you're still listening to whatever they play on the radio.

They're few and far between, but a good radio station make this a non-issue. KEXP in Seattle is phenomenal; I listed to them just as much as Spotify or my local collection.

Re: Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Post by haimez »

eastbound wrote: post #27
matthewfelgate wrote: post #2

A script for automatically lowering the volume during radio advertisements and DJ announcements and turns the volume back up when songs are playing. It controls a Sonos speaker using the Soco-cli Python library when Tunein is being used.

It’s funny because broadcasters have notmalized ads at +6 dB compared to the rest of the radio. It’s actually measured in LUFS, and it’s normalized worldwide for radio, podcasts, TV, movies, and commercials, so that commercials are louder. LUFS measures the loudness , which is not exactly the same as volume - it makes quiet moments louder so that everything can be heard while the car engine runs, but the drawback is…

> I wish VLC had a better loudness processor, I don’t succeed to configure it to keep the whole movie at the same volume, whether they’re speaking or using automatic guns.

Probably won’t help you if you’re using VLC, but most of the streaming services now have multiple audio tracks in the same menu that would switch to another language called “ - Reduce loud noises” which is pretty much that. I just find it inconvenient as an apartment dweller that the default is to blast the volume during any action sequence.

Re: Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Post by subpar »

eastbound wrote: post #27
matthewfelgate wrote: post #2

A script for automatically lowering the volume during radio advertisements and DJ announcements and turns the volume back up when songs are playing. It controls a Sonos speaker using the Soco-cli Python library when Tunein is being used.

It’s funny because broadcasters have notmalized ads at +6 dB compared to the rest of the radio. It’s actually measured in LUFS, and it’s normalized worldwide for radio, podcasts, TV, movies, and commercials, so that commercials are louder. LUFS measures the loudness , which is not exactly the same as volume - it makes quiet moments louder so that everything can be heard while the car engine runs, but the drawback is…

Here's a great post from a post-production audio mixer explaining the many convoluted steps that go into delivering a final mix with correct loudness specs to end users. tldr, there's a lot of room for error.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AudioPost/comments/y2m1u0/comment/i...

Re: Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Post by nickthegreek »

manishsharan wrote: post #15
scrapcode wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Along with uBlock, there's nice extension called SponsorBlock that uses crowdsourcing to block in-content ad placements. edit: Did not notice this was already mentioned. Sorry!

I have always wrestled with the ethics of adblocking YouTube. If am subscribed to a channel, that means the content in that channel has value for me. And it is only fair that I provide some value to the content creators in return. Otherwise it is theft. Anyways this is my reasoning. Hence as much as I find ads to be annoying, I put up with them. I am considering cancelling my Spotify subscription and using the saving…

I subscribe to YouTube premium and one of the great features is that creators get significantly more money from my views than from an adsupported user. So every monetized video that I view helps them out a bit more. That along with ad free viewing and YouTube music make it the best value of anything I subscribe too and would be my last service to cancel.

Re: Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Post by nickthegreek »

dtech wrote: post #21
manishsharan wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have always wrestled with the ethics of adblocking YouTube. If am subscribed to a channel, that means the content in that channel has value for me. And it is only fair that I provide some value to the content creators in return. Otherwise it is theft. Anyways this is my reasoning. Hence as much as I find ads to be annoying, I put up with them. I am considering cancelling my Spotify subscription and using the saving…

You can subscribe to Youtube Premium to remove ads, but not in-video sponsorships of course. A lot of prominent creators have banded together in the Nebula subscription service [1], where they put their video without ads and sponsorships. [1] https://nebula.tv/

And you can get a great deal on nebula+curiosity stream too. I think I pay like under $20 for the year for both solely to watch Patrick H Willems and Thomas Flight videos and support a YouTube alternative.

Re: Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

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Post by midasuni »

progmetaldev wrote: post #18
matthewfelgate wrote: post #2

A script for automatically lowering the volume during radio advertisements and DJ announcements and turns the volume back up when songs are playing. It controls a Sonos speaker using the Soco-cli Python library when Tunein is being used.

This is great. I wish there was a way to limit the volume on Alexa devices for different services, especially Spotify. I like to fall asleep to podcasts, but it wakes my girlfriend up when the commercials start (especially iHeartRadio commercials!), so I either have it so low I can barely hear or I have to fall asleep to rain/ocean sounds.

You could just pay for premium
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