Request YouTube to reduce speed only when you're signed in
Request YouTube to reduce speed only when you're signed in
Hey all. If there's a better forum for this let me know.
So: I have Windows 10 and I listen to music on youtube playlists in a web browser (Chrome), no youtube music app or premium or whatever they offer. And recently in the last week or so I noticed a lot of my music is significantly quieter. I have a Corsair Virtuoso SE headset with iCUE software. I listen to the same several hundred songs constantly so I know how they should sound.
Now, let me be clear here. I went through a lot of trial and error trying to fix this in the last few days and Im pretty sure that this isnt something with my audio settings or with WIndows...it's literally YouTube doing this. BECAUSE when I log out of my google account and play the same song,
it sounds perfect and exactly how it used to sound and should sound.
I know they have volume normalization but this has just started recently. Which means there should be a way to fix it or that Google might eventually realize its a problem right? Because I found an old thread on Google community help forums with a bunch of people having the same problem in 2019 but I never had it.
Send help.
<3
YouTube often updates certain accounts, which might explain why it's only recently begun. Music quality improves on Premium, but there are no video clips available, which is why I tend to ignore it. It seems illogical that it sounds better without being logged in—this isn't an effective way to promote the premium version. Have you tried clearing your Chrome browser? Does the same issue occur with Firefox?
Currently, my solution is using Chrome while logged in and copying the link into Microsoft Edge without being logged in. I believe this isn't related to the browser itself since I also experienced the same issue when trying to log into YouTube in Edge, which resolved after logging out.