I have checked every other game, program, website, EVERYTHING- and they are all loud enough/too loud/etc.
Minecraft (Java) is the only game that is noticeably too quiet to the point where I actually have to complain about it, I have the game at 100% application volume so thats not it, its seriously like half of what it should be, if I could set minecraft to 200% volume i would be fine but its genuinely irritating and unfixable on my end.
Steps to reproduce: run the game and have any sound play at 100% in-game volume.
Expected result: normal volume.
Actual result: ~half volume give or take.
Environment
Windows 11
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I will piggyback off of @foenichs and say, go to your Windows volume mixer.
First open your settings in Windows. Then go to “System”, then “Sound”, then under Advanced click on “Volume mixer”. Do this while Minecraft is running, and ensure you see it listed under the “Apps” section of the volume mixer.
Check Minecraft’s volume percentage and adjust as needed! I suspect that is the issue here.
Honestly i played minecraft a bit recently and it genuinely seems worse than half, like a third or even a quarter of what it should be imo.
its not my headset or speakers btw and i am on windows 11, idk how im the only one with this problem
come to think of it minecrafts sounds are Generally 50% volume but the sound of specifically grass blocks are a quarter volume.
I can see the grass blocks volume being a separate issue, its most noticeable right before or after u dig a dirt block (which matches the rest of the games volume, still being too quiet however)
I literally confirmed it for myself and any average joe can do this: if you add a sound into minecraft it will genuinely be played at about 50% its actual volume, i played the same .ogg file from my desktop by double clicking it and its indeed twice as loud as in-game, this proves that minecraft (or at least my setup, persisting thru re-installs of minecraft on my system) purposely lowers the volume of sounds even tho master volume is 100%
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However, this issue is Invalid.
Your Minecraft version is outdated. We only take issues for the latest release and the latest snapshot.
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Are you sure that you haven’t reduced Minecraft’s volume in the Windows Sound output menu? You can check that by pressing Control + Windows + V.