Booster Volume

Browser Volume Too Low

When one browser is quiet and everything else on your computer is normal, the cause is almost always a per-application or per-site setting rather than anything about the browser's audio quality. There are four places to look.

Where to look

The Windows volume mixer
Right-click the speaker icon and open the mixer. Each browser keeps its own level, and it persists across restarts.
Tab mute and site sound permissions
Right-click a tab to check mute status. The padlock icon in the address bar exposes a per-site Sound permission.
The player's own slider
YouTube, Twitch, SoundCloud and most embedded players remember a volume independent of your system.
The source file
Web video is often quiet at the source. Boost it with the tool below.

Why one browser can be quieter than another

Browsers do not have different audio quality — they hand the same signal to the same operating system mixer. What differs is the level that mixer is holding for each application, and on Windows that level persists indefinitely once set, including across restarts and updates.

This is why the problem so often appears out of nowhere. A stray scroll over the mixer months ago, or an application that lowered itself during a call, leaves one browser permanently quiet while everything else on the machine behaves normally.

Boost a quiet file

Boost a fileAmplify a file with limiting, locally in your browser.

Drop an audio or video file here, or choose one. It is processed on your device and never uploaded.

Processed on your device — nothing is uploaded. Loud audio can damage hearing: lower your system volume before boosting, then raise it gradually.

Browser-specific pages

Frequently asked questions

Is one browser quieter than another?

Not by design — they share the same operating system audio pipeline. Differences trace to per-application volume levels held by the OS.

Can I set volume per website?

Not as a level. Browsers offer mute or allow for sound per site, but not a percentage. Tab capture with a gain stage is the practical way to get per-site level control.

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