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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 Ruthalas »

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 pay them on Patreon and use SponsorBlock to skip the integrated advertisements.

That seems like a good balance for me.

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

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Post by askvictor »

majkinetor wrote: post #43

This is needed desperatly for regular TV. On some channels ad volume is much higher then mov volume so when ads start during chillex movie you get totally stressed.

MythTV solved the detection of ads a long time ago. Haven't used it for ages though, as I no longer watch regular TV

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

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Post by psd1 »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #48

This is even more important for classical music stations. Most people think that classical music should be quiet, but do you think 100 piece orchestras are quiet? Classical music sounds a lot better when you crank up the volume. Classical is also mixed quieter to give it a larger dynamic range. So when you set the radio volume appropriate for the music, the DJs and ads are insanely loud.

BBC Radio 3

Voices as well modulated as the programming

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

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Post by kubanczyk »

jakear wrote: post #30
neilv wrote: post #11

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

Local college radio and other small stations tend to be great. Sure the music won't be custom tailored by either "what past-you liked" or neural networks expressly designed to increase Sweden's internal revenue, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the experience of listening all the same. As an extra plus you're likely to get relevant information on local news and events too. Long live public broadcasting!

Damn you, Sweden! /s

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

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Post by askvictor »

xnx wrote: post #40

This is the type of next-level ad blocking we need more of!

This is purely reliant on the TuneIn API providing song info, and that your radio station is setting that song info, which doesn't happen on the radio stations I listen to. Also, easy to defeat by setting 'track' to (in this case) anything while the presenter is talking/ad is running.

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

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Post by askvictor »

Is there anything along this vein using ML to actually detect speech vs music (and tag or strip the speech)? Won't work for every situation (reggae radio tends to play music in the background while the presenter is talking, and some ads have music), but I can't imagine it would be the hardest thing to work out.

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

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Post by Minor49er »

aatd86 wrote: post #37

Another way would be to simply throw a limiter somewhere in the chain.

The loudness war already has squashed dynamic ranges so much that music and commercials are both pretty thick blocks of sound. It would be hard to put a limiter into the signal path that would adequately block the commercials and leave the music untouched
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