Reviews for Volume Control [Boost volume]
Volume Control [Boost volume] by Chaython
124 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Ben, 2 years agoProbably the best option so far in software volume boosters, at least if you're mostly using Youtube. Though, this plugin (like all others of the same genre) fail to keep the volume setting for a site. So for instance if you watch a YT video and set it to +8dB, then watch a second YT video, you'll be back to +0dB and will have to manually set it back to +8dB or whatever. This is very annoying as unfortunately I have got one of those 800$ Acer P.O.S. laptops that have the speakers mounted ON THE BOTTOM so any sound is effectively half as loud as it normally would be on any normal laptop. I don't know what they smoked while designing this laptop, but thanks to your plugin, I can AT LEAST understand what the Youtuber says when volume is at 100% in Windows. If you could make it so that it retains the +dB setting for a given domain name or at the very least, have users edit the default +dB value to something else than +0dB it would be 5 stars out of 5!
Developer response
posted 2 years agoI would love to include persistent memory but to add such a cache would request file access permission which spooks more users away from the extension. - Rated 5 out of 5by SourCandy, 2 years agoHad to uninstall because it randomly requested all data permissions without any change notes on Github or "Release Notes" section in the extensions settings.
Edit Response:
I see. I'm fine with the increased permissions if it is allowed to do that now. Just wish there was notes somewhere explaining the change just to be sure your Mozilla account didn't get hacked or something and malicious code was added lol.
Is there any way to make it work on gogoanime.llc or sites that use a similar player?
Thanks!Developer response
posted 2 years agoThe latest revision, where you lowered your rating in fact made it work on this site.
I've reverted the extension to the previous release on FireFox.com
Hi, I was contemplating for awhile weather I should add more functionality, but it would require more permissions. This new update checks iframes for content. Previously only checked tabs, so it worked on less sites.
I might make two branches, I’ll revert this and make this branch “reduced permissions” and release a new extension (extra functionality). - Rated 5 out of 5by ViroRads, 2 years agoLightweight, simple, effective. Three words to define this wonderful add-on, it is also FOSS and respects your privacy which is extra points in my opinion.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Syed Muhammad Hussain, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17943364, 2 years agoDoes increase the volume but i search for an addon that can decrease it and this feature does not work tried it on youtube music
Developer response
posted 2 years agoI have just tried music.youtube.com and setting a negative db with the slider is working at lowering the volume as intended. Also typing a negative value worked for lowering the volume. Mono is also working.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ao1P9fFGIyXKotR7OXx1x-u9iZ3vvg?e=lNdQGd
Are you using any other extensions? Please elaborate and feel free to contact me on the github or emailing chaython@live.ca.
I'd love to help you troubleshoot your complication.
Thanks, look forward to your contact, or you finding the complication and the review revised to a beautiful 5 star :D - Rated 5 out of 5by shantamarora, 2 years agoWorks great on youtube, but is there a way i could make it work on fmovies? maybe by changing the video player?
- Rated 5 out of 5by ator-dev, 2 years agoThe only volume control add-on I have found so far that:
- does not remove volume
- actually boosts volume above the maximum
in addition to having a great minimal light/dark design! Thank you very much, I really needed this to make my tabs audible (:
Edit: Thank you for merging and improving the keyboard control improvement! Already in love with it. - Rated 5 out of 5by Edwin, 2 years agoLove it. This add-on doesn't affect videos full-screen mode. Extension on Chrome require you to press F11 to go full-screen. I hate it. This add-on does what it's supposed to do. Good job!
- Rated 5 out of 5by DeFEcT, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by kj, 2 years agoThis extension is fantastic! its so simple and lightweight, yet so effective and I know I am safe using this extension. The only feature I request is more volume.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoThanks for liking my extension. I hope you also enjoy the most recent set of patches. Please let me know if you prefer the circle or the stick? I don't know in what circumstance you would need more volume, if I play most things more than 10dB above the default, it will start clipping. - Rated 5 out of 5by JeffB, 2 years agoSimple, clean & free. Works great!
Only thing I wouldn't mind seeing added is +/- buttons to adjust the dB's besides clicking & dragging the slider with mouse.
Edit: Thanks Dev! The many hours on the update is much appreciated!Developer response
posted 2 years agoHope you like my recent changes, you can now manually type in a different value, it took me many hours to implement something that seems so easy. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14272056, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17098527, 2 years ago
Developer response
posted 2 years agoMajor update, required new permissions should work on basically every site now.
Do you recall what site you were on? Yes it specifies it only works with HTML audio, this is to require less permissions.- Rated 5 out of 5by gie.kap, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by kleyberth, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Sophie, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by jmb, 2 years agoWorks immediately to boost volume with no quality loss. Doesn't ask for suss permissions like other add-ons claiming to achieve the same thing.
- Rated 5 out of 5by tsuyuki, 2 years agoWorks great, individual tabs can have their own audio level, and the only extension with unintrusive permissions. +1
- Rated 5 out of 5by Zanel, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16064118, 2 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Skribbly, 2 years agoThis works very well and all, but there is a very important feature that I have noticed is missing, the ability to save preset volumes for specific websites.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoEvery video has different volume on most sites, but I will consider adding a toggle to do that in the future. An issue with that feature is it may require extra permissions, this is a zero permission extension, so no vulnerabilities. - Rated 1 out of 5by BAUST, 2 years ago