The equalizer is EASILY accessible from the interface, it is one click away, and offers the tool to modify the replay gain for those that need it. The ability to have a gain beyond 0 dB should be ONLY possible through the use of the equalizer, for the sake of ease of use and simplicity. However, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever that the player has a default volume slider going beyond 100%. ![]() I understand that there are uses for digital attenuation beyond 0 dB. I love the player, except for this one feature. ![]() I have been looking for an option to limit the volume at 100% from day 1 since I started to use VLC. If you guys actually do code this option, maybe a nice sub-option for those of us who have the good equipment and hate distortion of any kind would be to have an optional hotkey you could hold while adjusting the volume (similar to the options some digital cameras have to stop zooming at the end of optical zoom before allowing digital zoom) to temporarily allow higher than 100% volume levels for those times when a source is just mastered at too low a level and bumping it up via software doesn't actually wreck the signal. We are the ones who would really appreciate an option to cap volume at 100%. Maybe I come across as too picky but there are a handful of people out there who can sometimes hear a noticeable difference between even the highest bitrate mp3 and wav or flac. ![]() For most users it probably doesn't make a difference at 100-150% or maybe even 200% but if you have the equipment and the ears to hear it every little bit of distortion just makes you cringe. I'll admit that VLC does a good job of not sounding distorted at over 100%, but of course anytime you increase volume over 100% you actually are distorting, and if an audio source is mastered properly then you'll always have at least soft clipping at certain points without going more than several percent above 100% volume. I would also really love an option to limit max volume (via any method) to 100%.
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