Originally Posted by nmd

:-D

The problem I have is all of my TV is through streaming apps these days. There's not a standard interface for managing any of them, each app that runs on a roku/appletv/firestick is it's own software and the roku/etc/ itself is a mini computer with it's own OS. By design, you can't record anything from streaming, and you are at their mercy to control things like volume and closed captioning.

The best I can think of is to run external speakers and have some sort of advanced audio control between the audio source and speakers. Someone I "zoom" with is an audiophile and likes to run his computer audio through and old tube amp. Works great until he forgets to warm it up before a meeting :-)

Commercials have the volume jacked up intentionally, and I've noticed some programs or apps have a different baseline volume so it requires a constant adjustment. I agree though, it would be a great feature of streaming devices (or tvs) to be able to regulate that within a range.