Change volume "scaling" or resolution?

[garyfritz]

VLC seems to play much louder than other audio devices on my Vista system. I normally run my Windows overall volume control at 50, and most audio/video players work well with that. I have to turn the VLC volume down around 12-25% to get the same volume. That would be OK, except the volume granularity is very coarse down there. There's a 100% jump from 12.5% to 25%. I end up turning down my Windows volume so I can run VLC in a better range, and then everything else is thrown off.

Is there any way to change the range or resolution of the VLC volume control?

[VLC_help]

There have been multiple requests for this, but AFAIK no patches have been done.

[garyfritz]

Bummer. Well if it's a frequent complaint, why is the volume set so high? It seems to be higher than "normal."

Or why not use decent granularity on the volume, e.g. 1% steps like Windows or WMP?

No, wait. The volume slider DOES have more granularity if I click & drag it. I was using the mouse wheel, and THAT has big volume steps. So I guess I have finer control over the volume than I thought, I just can't use my preferred method to adjust it. So it's not ideal but it's better than I thought it was.

[popol0909]

Maybe this could help:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Common_Problem ... me_control