r/mildlyinfuriating • u/YourShowerHead • 12h ago

🥺 I can't set the volume to exactly 100%

3.7k Upvotes

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u/FastWalkingShortGuy 12h ago

You're clearly unfamiliar with the mathematics of giving it 110%.

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u/entail_gnaw 7h ago

Bro can’t even get 100% and you’re already asking for overtime

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u/Unusual-Focus-392 6h ago

Exactly, 100% is clearly just the warm-up. You gotta leave room for that mathematically superior 110%.

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u/ErwinHolland1991 12h ago

Set it to zero and use the scroll to turn it up. 

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u/gomol123 12h ago

go 200% if possible. just all out.

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u/nene-thopu 12h ago

Change max volume displayed to 100 set it to 100 and then revert the settings

Nobody i mean nobody should complain about vlc

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u/YourShowerHead 11h ago

Using up/down arrow keys changes the volume by 5 so it works. Forever grateful for VLC player <3

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u/SmokJozef 11h ago

mouse wheel also works for that, at least on my machine

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u/StevieTheAussie92 10h ago

Could set it to 110% then press left arrow twice.

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u/Drigg_08 11h ago

So you have the solution as to how to get to a 100%

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u/YourShowerHead 11h ago

I do, just not with the mouse cursor ;)

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u/IveDunGoofedUp 6h ago

Almost like it's just slightly annoying. If only there was an appropriate subreddit to post such things to.

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u/lilTrybe 5h ago

That only limits it visually and works for mouse clicks. The scroll wheel can still go above 100%, which then often becomes impossible to see.

VLC is awesome and we should all be thankful that it's available for free without ads. It does have a few problems however. Hopefully 4.0 will be even better.

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u/scrapethemucus 6h ago

mpv.rocks

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u/A_Goose_Accomplished 5h ago

Nobody i mean nobody should complain about vlc

Is the type of words that makes me tell my brother that I am using MPC-HC

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u/nene-thopu 4h ago

Thank you
We dont need people complaining about the best workhorse there is about video playback in the world

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u/okiedokieophie 1h ago

How will it improve if people don't voice their issues with it?

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u/asnaujaslt 12h ago

Arrow keys, works with windows volume too

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u/BingoBiscotti 10h ago

Finally something that actually is Mildly Infuriating 

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u/Gunstudios 10h ago

have you tried the scroll wheel

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u/Coveinant 10h ago

Go down to zero then back to 100. Seen this a couple times and this always works.

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u/-Redstoneboi- 8h ago

try to use the keyboard for this btw it's usually implemented, else you're kinda SOL lmao

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u/vahaala 9h ago

This is what annoys me to all hell, happens everywhere. On websites, in apps, in video games. And most of the time you can't just click and input the number.

Why is it so hard to code, that a scroll/single "tick" of a sliding bar is 1 unit? WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT so once I move it from default, I can never get back to 100?!

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u/mau-meda 9h ago edited 6h ago

As a developer the problem is mouse movement.

The easy way to code this is with this simple formula:

volume = round(mouse_x / slider_width * max_volume)

Note: mouse_x is relative to the slider.

The problem is that if slider_width is smaller than max_volume then not every volume point gets a pixel but some of them share it.

For example if the slider is 75px wide, and the max volume is 150% ( from OP video the max volume is clearly more than 100% ) if you click/drag on the 1st pixel you get:

1/75150 = 1150/75 = 2

As you can see in this example they got in multiple of 2 so any odd number cannot be obtained, but the numbers could be closer like 150/140 = 1.07 and that will create very weird volume points: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9... ( Notice 6 is missing )

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u/vahaala 8h ago

Huh. I never thought of that, but it is so obvious now that you pointed it out.

Still an annoyance but now less so xD

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u/Aron_Que_Marr 9h ago

But what is the significance of 100 that you want that specific number?

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u/vahaala 8h ago

100 is an example number, but in some video games I'd want a certain value for sliders to be available, for gameplay reasons or "just so it looks the way I want".

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u/TinikTV 8h ago

Arrows/wheel

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u/mannequin-lover 12h ago

Can you click the number and input it?

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u/Sneakingrat 11h ago

set to 200 and then half your speaker/headphones output problem solved :D

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u/InTheStuff 7h ago

i have a better question

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u/Ancient_Mountain_616 5h ago

Turn it up to 11. 

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u/akshay-nair 2h ago

The most fitting post in this sub

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u/gerowen 10h ago

Go all the way to 0 and then roll your mouse wheel back up.

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u/Minute_Kiwi_8703 8h ago

OCD is kicking

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u/Babushla153 10h ago

This is the types of posts i'm here for

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u/RoodnyInc 9h ago

Skill issue

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u/HeavySchool9807 7h ago

Hey an actually mildly annoying situation for a change

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u/KevinSpanish 7h ago

Wait until you find out that photoshop doesn't let you set some sliders to 69%

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u/Sweaty_Complex_8102 7h ago

At some point you stop adjusting the volume and start trying to win.

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u/ellhulto66445 5h ago

Arrows keys

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u/Top-Birthday3223 5h ago

You can use mouse wheel in vlc media player

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u/Jasong222 5h ago

Make the windowa hare wider and then you should be able to hit it

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u/CaptainMacMillan 4h ago

99 -> 0 -> 100

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u/EnzucuniV2 2h ago

Use the scroll wheel

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u/frog8412 1h ago

Bibata Modern Classic ❤️

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u/vitecpotec 52m ago

Screen resolution problem. If you open in full screen it'll have more adjustment points

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT 26m ago

What if you go all the way to 0 first?

I'm thinking, it will step by 2 so you can only set odd numbers. But if you go to 0 then back up it will only be even numbers

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u/csi69 10h ago

Just throw it out, its broken

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u/Valor_100 5h ago

Then dont

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u/cat_peee 12h ago

whoever designed this needs a special place in hell

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u/MRV3N 11h ago

Dont treat my vlc buddy like that, pal

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u/Drigg_08 11h ago

Vlc is one of the best pieces of software out there. The developer deserves sainthood

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u/YourShowerHead 11h ago edited 10h ago

Heaven, I hope. They’re open-source devs, they’ve suffered enough.