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I have a playlist that specifies start and stop times using the following:

#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=213
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=353

All works but now I'd like to also control the volume for each individual item within a playlist, is that possible? I tried adding "#EXTVLCOPT:directx-volume=0.4" to the Playlist but it didn't seem to work.

Running VLC for individual files and adding the command "--directx-volume=0.4" works at setting the volume, just can't get it to work within a Playlist.

Thanks.

I think such options are not allowed in playlists.

As with most output parameters, the audio volume is not tied to the input item.

Wow, being able to control the volume in playlists would be so useful. One of the worst things about using VLC for multiple files from multiple sources is being blasted with noise, only to have the next item a low mutter. Who watches playlists with hands poised over the keyboard to adjust every item as it plays?

I have to disagree here. Volume is intended to adjust to current physical listening conditions, not to the source material. Like you probably don't want the same volume out of loud speakers than out of headphones.

There's replay gain for poorly mixed sources.

Replay gain search in VLC documentation just gives a list of parameters, which look like command line arguments of some kind. Volume up and down is user speak, replay gain must be an audiophile thing. Since my playlists are used on multiple configurations, putting as much in the playlist makes the individual machine preferences not wreck the results.

And, of course, there is the problem of VLC preferences becoming corrupt.