[MPlayer-users] Reducing volume differences

[Nikos Chantziaras]

volnorm only makes everything louder.  The other option doesn't seem to 
have any effect.

Note that I have stereo speakers (2.1), not a 5.1 or 6.1 system.

I also read about LADSPA.  I'm not sure how to configure the stuff.  I 
was searching for something as easy to enable as PowerDVD's option where 
you turn it on and off.


On 07/25/2010 06:49 AM, Zane Tu wrote:
> Hi Nikos,
>
> Please try running mplayer with either of the following options.
> -af pan=2:1:0:0:1:.8165:.5774:.5774:.8165:.7071:.7071:0:0
> -af volnorm
>
> Regards,
> Zane
>
> On 07/24/2010 06:37 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> 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.)