TiVo : TV Volume

[Hom3r]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Mines Samsung too but if i connect it wireless i can use it with a VM and TV remotes, sounds the same too, is that not an option for you?

Not that I'm aware of, every time I use the TV/VM remote I get a message on screen, but my Fire Stick can adjust the volume.

[cheekyangus]

Can I ask, are we talking about the box's volume or the TV itself?

I know that some devices have their own volume controls and others use the TV's. You can usually tell by how the on-screen representation of the volume is displayed.

E.g. I have an old Humax box and if I use the volume on its remote it changes the box volume, represented by a chunky bar graphic. But when I use the volume of the remote that came with the TV it's connected to the volume information looks very different on-screen. I used to set the Humax box to 100% then use the TV remote to make it far too loud, then turn down the Humax volume to the desired level. And then I hid the TV remote and only used the box remote.

So are we talking about the output of the Virgin Media TV box? Or the TV it's connected to?

[spiderplant]

VM boxes haven't had an internal volume control for at least 15 years. It's confusing for users to have two different and conflicting ways to alter the volume, and also quite a messy thing to implement for digital audio (you have to decode, adjust the volume, and then re-encode)

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

VM boxes haven't had an internal volume control for at least 15 years. It's confusing for users to have two different and conflicting ways to alter the volume, and also quite a messy thing to implement for digital audio (you have to decode, adjust the volume, and then re-encode)

Thanks spiderplant. I'm surprised re-encoding is necessary, but that's probably because I don't understand how it's implemented.