[MPlayer-users] Reducing volume differences

[Nikos Chantziaras]

When watching movies in software like PowerDVD, I can find an option 
that will reduce the difference between very loud and very silent parts 
of the audio.  PowerDVD's option is labeled "audio compression".

Does MPlayer offer something like that?  Without it, I have to turn up 
my speakers pretty much to hear normal stuff (like dialogue), but when 
something "loud" happens (explosions, someone screams, etc), people 
three blocks away can hear it :P  It's highly annoying and I find myself 
constantly adjusting the volume knob so I can keep my sanity.  It seems 
to happen especially with movies having 5.1 sound (DTS, etc.)