Gabe...steam devs...if we choose to mute a store video, it should stay that way

[Kogan]

I finally got around to making a post about this and I can't believe this is still an issue.

So this one is very simple and it should be very obvious by now in 2024.

If we're on a game's store page and choose to mute one of the trailer/gameplay videos, it should stay that way.

No, we don't always want to have obnoxiously loud music blasting in our ears every time we're taking a look at a game.

People do get tired of the generic game trailer music that we've already heard some variation of hundreds if not thousands of times before.

Yes there are some rare exceptions and sure we'll listen to the video for a little bit to catch anything important but usually the music is nothing to write home about and the guy talking isn't saying much.

The way it works right now is if you mute the store video, the second you jump to another position in the video it automatically unmutes the video. That is one of the most frustrating things I've ever dealt with in my entire life. And I've had to deal with this probably thousands of times now over the years being on Steam.

I don't know of any other reputable, well known platform on the planet that does this. You guys gotta get with the times, this is a more than decade old issue.

Give people the freedom to do what they want with their video volume....

Gabe, steam devs, get it together, this annoys the hell out of people and it only makes the platform look and feel that much more outdated.

[SillyWalk]

Publicado originalmente por Kogan:

The way it works right now is if you mute the store video, the second you jump to another position in the video it automatically unmutes the video. That is one of the most frustrating things I've ever dealt with in my entire life. And I've had to deal with this probably thousands of times now over the years being on Steam.

Turn the player volume down to 0 instead of muting it; it's remembered when jumping, changing videos and even when changing to another store page.

[Kogan]

Publicado originalmente por SillyWalk:

Publicado originalmente por Kogan:

The way it works right now is if you mute the store video, the second you jump to another position in the video it automatically unmutes the video. That is one of the most frustrating things I've ever dealt with in my entire life. And I've had to deal with this probably thousands of times now over the years being on Steam.

Turn the player volume down to 0 instead of muting it; it's remembered when jumping, changing videos and even when changing to another store page.

This is still only a workaround not a solution.

This is running from the problem and not solving it.

What if I don't want to keep wasting my time moving volume sliders between videos?

Because it's unrealistic to think people just want every video on Steam muted forever. But sometimes they do want specific videos muted and they want it to be as painless of a process as possible.

As I mentioned before you're still going to sometimes check if there's anything important being said and if there is even anyone talking period before muting.

If not, obviously the most user friendly solution is simply allowing the user to get rid of the audio with one click and instantly, no moving of volume sliders repeatedly between video and wasting time moving sliders to just the right spot and all that.

That is the purpose of mute toggles.

And if I want to keep that specific video muted permanently, it should respect my decision.

Part of me thinks this might be a money thing because this is just silly for muted store videos to keep unmuting when you move to another position in the video. But I hope I'm wrong.

I think I've said all there is to be said on the topic, this is common sense.