TIPS: How to increase more volume when playing multimedia files
8 Comments Published by Iqbal_Ir 1 year, 9 months ago in Gadget, In English, Laptop, Linux, Multimedia, Tips, Tools, Software & Technology, Ubuntu.I have a multimedia file. It’s a movie. I play it in Ubuntu with Totem Movie Player. I find the video of the movie was good but the volume was too low. I have already try to increase speaker volumes and player volumes but they are already on maximum level. I can’t get more volume even my laptop speaker able to play more. This is not a problem if you have an external speaker with amplifier. You can increase the volumes without any problem, because when using external speaker you have the ability to increase it with amplifier. But I don’t have it right now, I just have my laptop internal speaker and or an earphone. It’s the only one I got. So, now I want try to find how to increase the volume of the movie (or any other multimedia files) on my laptop if the sound is too low.
Next, I try to play it with another player, it’s Gnome Player. This time, Gnome Player have the same result with Totem. It can’t increase the volume. Then, I try to use VLC. VLC able to increase the volume by software, but it’s not much. It has limited to some value only. Then when I play again the movie, it’s mute in the middle of the movie. The volume is still quite low and there is silent after playing for few minutes. It’s still not good.
Next, I use Avidemux to increase the volume. By using Avidemux, I can increase the gain to maximum -3 dB. It takes about 25 minutes to convert it.
After the conversion was done. I play it again, but it still I don’t get a good sound. It still low volume.
Next, I try another player, It’s SMPlayer. I was surprise that I found SMPlayer able to increase the volume when playing a multimedia file. If you don’t have SMPlayer, just install it with synaptic or using this command:
$ sudo apt-get install smplayer
If you already install SMPlayer, you can increase the volume. Just click preferences button and then you can configure it. On Preferences window, just go to General | Audio tab. Check “Use software volume control” and set your maximum amplification. I put the value to 900, I don’t know what is the maximum limit but you can put your desired value and see what happen.
After I set the value, I find the volume increasing rather than before. It’s good, because it’s increased when I playing the movie. I don’t need to convert it before I play (like using Avidemux). You can use Avidemux to edit or convert your multimedia files or to play it in another player. But to increase the volume when playing multimedia file, just use SMPlayer. Works fine on windows too[peace]
You made my day…. great solution, just what I needed.
B.
@Boris,
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Glad to hear that…
it works perfect… just what i was looking for… thanks a ton, dude….
Thank you. I also wondered why volume output was low in Ubuntu, despite the fact that I had increased all available volume controls to maximum capacity. I will give SMPlayer a try today.
In your opinion what’s the best dvd/vcd play back software for Ubuntu? I tried totem but didn’t recognize my vcd, but Gxine did recognize. However the volume was again too low…
Thanks again for sharing.
@Pk,
In my opinion, the best multimedia player is still SMplayer. SMplayer is still my favorite one.
thank u very very much dear Iqbal, u saved my life. i have BBC special documentry movies, but i could not get much volume so i stored them, but after installing smplayer and amplifying it to 2000 in perferences , im realy enjoying my movies , thanku thanku very much
and i u permit me here is the link of smplayer portable soft that i use.
easy to download , just extract and use it .
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
@assif,
Thanks and enjoy it.
I’ve edited your links, there is a portable version on download link page. The portable version is on 7z format on the SMplayer download page.