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Extended GUI/Equalizer

Posted: 14 Jul 2008 17:42
by earflea
I am hard of hearing and my hearing aids don't help much with speech. I find that I can adjust the Equalizer settings so as to much improve my reception. However I can find no way to save those settings. There is no Save button - indeed the only relevant button is "Restore Defaults" which works automatically each time the VLC program starts.I have searched everywhere for an answer - this forum may hold the answer but seems too technically written for me to understand. Can anyone tell me a simple answer to the problem - the only one I have with this wonderful program.

Re: Extended GUI/Equalizer

Posted: 15 Jul 2008 02:46
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
So far, you cannot easily save those, but you can in the preferences.

Re: Extended GUI/Equalizer

Posted: 15 Jul 2008 03:14
by Arite
As j-b if you want a equalizer setting which is applied to all audio/video files then change the values in the Preferences. To do this go to:
Settings >> Preferences... >> Audio >> Filters

And tick the "Equalizer with 10 bands" tickbox.

Then go to the "Equalizer" section within the "Filters" tree. From there an Equalizer preset can be selected. If you want your own custom preset then tick the "Advanced options" tickbox and enter the gain value in dB for each frequency range, separated by spaces. The easiest way to do this would be to make a note of the dB value for each slider when using the Extended GUI, and then enter them in the "Band gain" text box in the preferences. For example:

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20 15 10 0 0 10 15 5
Would be 20dB for 60Hz, 15dB for 170kz etc.

Then press "Save" and next time audio is played the equalizer should be applied.

Cheers, Arite.

Re: Extended GUI/Equalizer

Posted: 15 Jul 2008 13:14
by NewPlayer
vlc-0.8.6h on Windows Millennium:
I can save the Equalizer settings in Extended GUI by using
the Save button in Preferences.

Re: Extended GUI/Equalizer

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 06:26
by Onopoc
To request the new feature to Create/Save/Load an equalizer setting click the following link then click the POSTREPLY button:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19175&start=0