Windows 10: When playing back media, the volume level starts low and gradually gets louder. How do I...

I am a medical transcriptionist and use windows media player with Bluetooth connected headphones to listen to playback. When I pause the player, the volume starts off so low I can't hear the first few words when I press play. It gradually gets louder and goes to normal volume in a second or two, but I miss the first few words. This only happens with headphones, wired or wireless. It does not happen when I just use the computer speakers. How do I turn the graduated volume setting off for my headphones? This happens with all headphones, I've tried at least 5 different styles, wired and wireless

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Alarm Volume low.

I experienced that as well but as I played with different sounds I found that "Lumia Clock" was the best for me. It started low and gradually increased in volume. I find it terrific as an alarm sound for me.

 

can't stop volume leveling in media player

Typically in a song the voices go down in volume when there is a louder bass (or other instrument) then you can hear it come back up again until the next loud bar. This used to be a serious problem when I had Beats software. I got rid of that and everything
seemed fine but it still happens though reduced effect. If I play the same song through VLC player it doesn't happen so I am blaming media player and not the sound device or driver. If I try to check volume leveling in WMP I get "Volume leveling not available
for current media" (regardless of the media). So it seems to be permanently engaged and I can't turn it on or off. I don't like VLC but I have to use it to avoid this problem with WMP. Any advice? Would it work to uninstall WMP and download a fresh copy?

 

windows media player win 10

Hi Lee,

Turning on Auto Volume Leveling on Windows Media Player will equalize the relative volume of the songs listed in the "Now Playing" pane. This will resolve the issue of some songs playing at high volume while others are low, even though the speakers are at the
same volume settings. You will need to turn it on and let an entire song play to take effect, in the future, the volume levels will be normalized.

To enable the Auto Volume Leveling in Windows Media Player, you can follow the steps below:

• Open the Windows Media Player.
• In Now Playing mode, right-click an open space in the Player. Tips: If the Player is currently open and you are in
  Library mode, click the View, then choose
  Now playing to switch it to the Now playing
  mode.
• Right click inside the player. Roll the mouse over Enhancements
  and select Crossfading and Auto Volume Leveling.
• Click the Turn on Auto Volume Leveling link.

Should you have further queries, feel free to post it.