Mp3 Volume on 8GB N95

have you tried turning the volume up using the voulme keys on the left side of the phone?

have the head phones got volume controls?

I have gone into the options and ticked the loudness option. Volume is at 100%. The headphones do have a volume control which is at maximum as well.

not sure then, sorry, hopefully someone else might have these or know what to do

I don't think it's the phone unless you're deaf. I put my headphones in last night and forgot I'd been listening to music through the speaker so volume was 100% and nearly blew my eardrums. Maybe try it with some different headphones?

that's a point have you tried the wired headphones or the built in speakers?

I have tried them with the wired headphones and it still the same. I understand who people might think I am deaf, but I can still hear people taking in the back ground when I have them on. The headphones I am using now are not cheap rubbish and have worked fine on other mp3 players. I was just wondering if Nokia
have set up the amplification to a level where you can hear noises on the background, and can have it no higher. I have tried them on mu girlfriends Ipod and I get a much higher noise level.

so its the same for the wired and bluetooth, might be faulty.

what version of the firmware you on?

Hi chunkymonkey

I actually do understand exactly what you mean as when i first got it i was very pleased with both the quality and volume of the N95 8GB using quality headphones. But just before selling my 5th Gen iPod i thought i would try it again and was amazed to discover just how big a difference their is in fact so much so i have now removed all my Music from the N95 8gb and am no longer selling the iPod.

But everyones perception of good or loud Music is different as some are happy with low bit rate mp3's and supplied headphones that come with their devices, personally i like 256kbps AAC and a pair of Shure EC2g headphones.

Marc

I take it there is no software I can install to the phone that will increase the volume level.

You could try normalizing the MP3 with MP3gain http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/ before transferring to phone.

Thanks for that uridium. I have downloaded it but cannot get it onto the phone. It might be my lack of technical knowledge but would you be able to assist with that
at all? I tried using the application installer. :frown:

You don't install that on the phone - you install it on your PC and edit your MP3 file on your computer, save it and then transfer the edited file to your phone. I've never used this particular program but basically what you need to do is increase the gain (or levels not sure how they've labeled it in the program) a few dB. Generally the volume peaks should be as close to 0db as possible but not going over as this is called clipping and might distord the song at times when it peaks/clips. Normalizing the track to 0dB should increase the volume to be just perfect.

I have to do that with some of my MP3's as well but I just use a different program (SoundForge - but it's for pro audio stuff and not free - MP3gain will suit you just fine for what you need).

have you tried switching loudness to on in audio settings in music player options?

Yes I have done that and volume still not much better. I think I have found a free version of sound forge. If no one else has any idea's I will give that a try. Cheers.
Obry have downloaded Sound Forge but have never used it before. Can you give me an idea of how it will solve my problem, if you would be so kind?

Start up SF, open the file, wait for it to build the volume peaks and then go to Process -> Normalize and just click OK - that should automatically bring your volumes up.

After it's finished, play the track and look at the volume indicators on the right, for the most part, your track should be hovering around -2, -3 but shouldn't be glued to the top. If after the normalization, it's still too low (ie hovering around -9), then go to Process -> Volume and move the slider up. Do it in 0.5 or 1dB increments until you get the volumes high enough. It is important to not bring the volume up too much at a time because it might distort the track.

A properly normalized file should look something like this:

Basically, you don't want the volume indicators to be like this all the time:

Thanks for your help Obry. I will give it a go.