Low volume on Windows Client

[gerroon]

Hi

I have a Snapcast server on Debian, all my devices work fine including the Windows 10 Snap.net client, the only issue I am facing is that this device has very low volume compared to the clients and compared to the other apps that can output sound on this Windows devices. I already maxed all the volumes on the device but still it is quite low

The output is from the MPD pipe.

[stijnvdb88]

Hi! sorry for the late reply - have you also checked the Windows Volume Mixer settings for that particular device? As far as I know there's "only" 3 ways the volume level gets scaled:

1. the audio device's volume level
2. the snapclient.exe process volume level
3. the volume set on snapserver (controlled from inside of Snap.Net)

In Windows Volume Mixer, you can see the two first ones per audio device here - they should both be maxed out:

[gerroon]

Hi

Yes I checked all the possible volume levels, some reason those did not eaffect anything even I maxed them out.

[stijnvdb88]

Does the same thing happen if you run snapclient.exe directly via command line? The other thing with monitors is that they'll have their own volume control, which you've probably already maxed out:

Another thing to try is running SnapClient.Net.exe instead of snapclient.exe to see if it makes any difference (since you mentioned other apps do output higher volumes). In the player settings just check that box and then click pause + play again (it should show up as a new device in the Snap.Net volume pane). It might also be worth experimenting with WASAPI Exclusive mode in that same settings window (with SnapClient.Net and without), since that does handle volumes differently iirc.

[stijnvdb88]

Hi, any update on this? Did any of the above suggestions fix it?

[gerroon]

Hi,

I am unable to fix it, I have no idea. I am wondering if this app has an issue with DisplayPort audio.