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Majority of gamers play with subtitles turned on (gearsrealm.com)

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For instance, Assassin’s Creed Origins had subtitles turned off by default and 60% of players turned them on.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is why I think dynamic range compression should be a standard feature for TVs, phones, stereos, PCs and other consumer devices that output audio. Something to even out quiet dialogue and loud explosions would be a godsend for movie watchers everywhere.

I know Windows has a compressor of sorts built in, the audio equalization feature, and I wish there were a good equivalent for this on Linux.

Truth be told, with my auditory processing issues, I'd probably still be using subtitles in tandem with compression/equalization if it were an option. BUT, it'd still be nice to have for watching things late at night without waking other people up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough, watching TV in bed is the other reason I started watching with subs! I've since switched to bluetooth headphones for that and I find I don't usually need subtitles if I'm using them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know Windows has a compressor of sorts built in, the audio equalization feature, and I wish there were a good equivalent for this on Linux.

Install easyeffects if it's not installed by default. You can have all kinds of audio processing for both output and input

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tried that a while ago. I found a preset that was supposed to be similar to Windows' audio equalization, but I wasn't satisfied with the results.