Before you ask why you might want to Increase VLC Player Volume, let’s assume for a moment that you don’t have that awesome 7.1 gaming rig. There are probably a few good movies and YouTube videos with weak audio tracks that you can’t hear if your headphones are too far from your seat. So, in those cases, the volume boost would help you.
VLC is a popular piece of software that can play many different types of multimedia files. With the volume control in VLC, you can turn up or down the volume. Users of VLC can turn up the volume by up to 400%. Once the video has started, you can use the mouse scroll button to turn up the volume by up to 400%.
Without a headset, it can be hard to watch a movie in a noisy room, but if the VLC media player volume is turned up very high, it makes it easier. For reasons that are best known to the Video LAN Organization, they decided to get rid of this feature and drop the maximum volume to right from version. Many people missed this feature, and some even chose to keep using the older version of the player.
How to Increase VLC Player Volume
- First open the VLC media player.
- Press Ctrl+P or Select Tools → Preferences.
- Select ‘All‘ radio button under Show settings at the bottom of the preferences window.
- Next select Audio.
- In the right side of preference window, you would see the Audio gain set to 1.
- You could increase it up to 8. Set a value according to your needs. The more you set the more will be the volume.
- Press Save and close VLC.
Now, open the file by turning down the volume. Someone must have turned up the volume. If you want to permanently turn up the volume, you need to use software. You can also boost the sound with ffmpeg. But you can use this method to boost the sound right away. All platforms can use the VLC media player. So, this advice also works with all Operating Systems.
FAQ
How do I increase VLC volume beyond 125%?
Make sure that you have chosen to show all settings. This would change the Simple preferences window to the Advanced preferences window. Go to Interface > Main interfaces > Qt > Displayed maximum volume. Set the maximum volume shown to the percentage you want.
How do I increase volume 300% in VLC media player?
To change the volume, press Ctrl + P and then select all in the bottom left corner, as shown in the screenshot. Then, expand the Interface tree and expand it again to show Main interfaces. Now, choose Qt and change the default value of Maximum Volume displayed from 125 to 200 or 300.
Is it safe to use VLC 200% volume?
If you play your media files in VLC player at the maximum volume level of 200%, your laptop speakers may not be able to handle the sound amplification made by VLC media player. This could damage your laptop speakers and cause the sound to be distorted.
How do I set VLC to max volume to 100?
With VLC, you can set the maximum volume. To see more preferences, go to Preferences and click the Show All button. Choose Interface from the sidebar, then Main interfaces, and then macosx. Type 100 for the highest volume. showed the input field.