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I don’t think YouTube normalizes the audio on their videos. I have no idea why, but that could easily become a quiet video that leads into a -16 LUFS ad that bl
by pkulak 4mo ago
I don’t think YouTube normalizes the audio on their videos. I have no idea why, but that could easily become a quiet video that leads into a -16 LUFS ad that blows your ears out.
- dinfinity 4mo agoThey have a "stable volume" toggle, actually. I don't see ads, so I don't know whether it works for those.
- Filligree 4mo agoThey do, but as usual with those, it wrecks all the decently mixed videos by making everything the same volume. Though as those are rare as hen’s teeth, perhaps you might as well.
- tabbytown 4mo agoSupposedly they'll turn it down if it's mastered louder than -14 LUFS. They won't turn it up if it's quieter. I couldn't find a Youtube source for this but it's mentioned extensively online: https://audio.rswaver.com/blog/youtube-loudness-standards https://audio.rswaver.com/blog/youtube-loudness-standards
- topranks 4mo agoYou “turn it up” by using dynamic range compression. Which is fundamentally altering the work. It’s right and proper YouTube do not do this to people’s work.
- topranks 4mo agoBecause content creators have a right to produce audio how they want. If it’s a video of someone speaking in a quiet voice it shouldn’t have to have an average volume level of a new Metallica video. Forcing people to use heavy dynamic range compression to get it there would not be good.