I really need a shortcut key to activate video effects "Image adjust" (Windows 8.1, VLC 3.0.17.14 vetinari)

[xdxoxo]

Using Windows 8.1 and i am looking for an update as it's not been updated for Quite a big while.

While you update, please make sure to add a shortcut key to toggle on/off(activate/deactivate) the "Video effects Image adjust"

it takes 3 clicks to activate an effect but i think it should be activated/deactivated using a hotkey.

overall Desktop Experience and Some videos are looking great with this setting

https://i.imgur.com/pcgijzL.png

But for some videos Skins of people are looking in white/yellowish mixed color(only for a very few videos) which i think it needs to be fixed

i know Bringing down the digital vibrance values can help, but i like to keep it 100 due to it making the overall desktop experience great and beautiful win 8.1 icons more colorful.

i can tolerate online viewing appearence where this yellowish skin color issue happens every once in a while here and there by not being too frequent, but for offline viewing, while i have an opportunity to adjust colors, i think it should be done easily with a hot key.

Also, i think there should be a setting for remembering the unique Crop setting/Aspect ratio setting for each video.

i know you can force an aspect ratio globally, but i want vlc to remember each video(s) crop setting and aspect ratio, so for any problematic video which requires manual cropping, change of aspect ratio, vlc can apply the changed values only for those specific which has received a settings change. However, for other videos, vlc should apply the default values where the vlc/video didnt receive any video changes commands.

Thank you.

[xdxoxo]

Additionally, I also like some of these additional features which are related to the above request.

1. Image adjust option should always be turned off for the new videos which are played for the very first time after this feature related update is installed.
2. Remembering "Image adjust" settings activated video and activate the image adjust effects automatically ONLY IF that specific video is played again.

[xdxoxo]

And it seems like "VLC" crashes endlessly (if the image adjust is clicked and saved)

i mean, the video which is currently playing is playing fine until the video ends and while if the player gets exited, the next time while i play any video, VLC keeps crashing endlessly and keep asking "would you like to sends a report to dev team"

the only way i can fix this issue temporarily is by opening the vlc manually (instead of using a video to open it) and then uncheck the "Image adjust" and click save again.

For the time being, the only way i can use this feature, is by selecting the "Image adjust", adjusting the effects (but not saving it) and simply click "close button"
so the player thinks the image adjust has not been used/saved and thus not crashing for the next video that gets opened.

[xdxoxo]

This feature can also be further improved by introducing different presets to save where users are given a chance to save effects as presets which gives them quick way to play around.

For example, for some videos due to the lighting effects during filming and color grading during editing isn't good enough, i can boost up the saturation/contrast quickly using the custom filter which i made and named it as SC Enhancer(SC=Saturation/contrast)

For some videos, some video editors who are obsessed with contrast/saturation already edit the videos with high contrast/saturation, so now, with further added "Nvidia Saturation/contrast boost" it makes the video not look good, so in this case, i can quickly turn on the effect SC Redux which will reduce the contrast/saturation to good extent.

you can show the added custom filters here





currently pressing number 1 while the video is playing does Nothing, so while you add this feature, if i click number 1, 1st preset/filter should be activated, pressing 2 activates 2nd filter and pressing 0 turns off all filters.

and you can work on cache management too, where player remember the number(preset effect) for each file that gets played by registering/saving the directory of the file so in case , the video which has got the filter turned on plays again in the future (after a few sets of videos that gets played where the effects are turned off), vlc will automatically apply the previously applied filter which has been applied on that video.

This methodology is just as same as "Continue playback" option (Always, Ask, Never)

one thing which concerns me is that if more hard drives are connected to PC( 2tb, 3tb , 4tb, 5tb, 8tb) sometimes windows assigns a different drive letter, hopefully you can figure out a way to make vlc get the saved info of a file even if windows assigns a different drive letter for a drive

Thank you.

[xdxoxo]

Has any people who are responsible for development read this post ? can any developer who has seen this can confirm whether it's possible to add this and if so are dev staffs working on getting this feature ready on the next update whenever it arrives ?

As far this request, filter(Effects) settings are already available, now the player just needs to get the ability to save different presets where switching between each effects is very easier by assigning a unique hot key for each one of them (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and pressing 0 brings the original effect back)
i say this because -> while the windows and mouse is in focus with vlc player, pressing 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 does nothing so assigning those numbers as hot key for unique effects by saving different filters/presets and assigning shortcut key by ourselves is a very good idea.
You can set MAX effects limit to 9

Thanks for taking action because this is much needed right now for me

[Lotesdelere]

You should create a new feature request ticket on the VLC Trac with your above report and the link to this thread:
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues

[xdxoxo]

You should create a new feature request ticket on the VLC Trac with your above report and the link to this thread:
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues

I'm sorry im not an developer, im just a casual user and i am unable to create threads there (i signed up but site asks project details and idk about that)

can you create a issue on behalf of me ? thanks

[Lotesdelere]

I can't because for some reason my account is deactivated. I've asked admins to reactivate it but I got no answer yet.
But you don't need to be a developer, just ignore the project part, what you need is an account to be able to post a report.

[xdxoxo]

I can't because for some reason my account is deactivated. I've asked admins to reactivate it but I got no answer yet.
But you don't need to be a developer, just ignore the project part, what you need is an account to be able to post a report.

Alright, i did some work and created a report by sending an email

is this ok ?

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/27414

[xdxoxo]

someone from vlc team went ahead and closed this issue within minutes by stating it's too much work

i am somewhat disappointed with that but i hope VLC main admin/senior programmers/coders would see this thread and take action on releasing this feature someday possibly in the near future.

[xdxoxo]

Does anyone know a way to make the effects permanent without losing the original quality ? can vlc do it or is there any software available which can do this ?

[Lotesdelere]

Did you click on the Save button after making your changes ?
But be aware that the effects will stay global and will apply to any video.

[xdxoxo]

That's another problem, if i click save and exit, the next time i play any video, VLC crashes non stop (infinitely) until i manually open the vlc via taskbar, disable the image adjust and click save.

my question is that is there a way to permanently apply the effects into the actual video where the end video result would look like a color graded video ?

[xdxoxo]

Finally only DIY seems to work, Mission Accomplished

https://vlchelp.com/edit-video-apply-ef ... ently-vlc/

this tutorial has some misguided information as the author tells to apply " Video transformation filter" which just Rotates or Flip the video

Here's my Easy tutorial on how to apply the effects permanently and Make the effects look like the video has been color graded.

1. 1st open a video file which you want to color grade
2. while the video is playing, Pause it and click on the Equalizer icon which is on the bottom bar
3. Go to Video Effects, and select "Image adjust" and adjust the effects, you'll see the effects are being applied in real time.


DO NOT CLICK on the save button, Just hit the close button (currently vlc seems to crash endlessly if you use the save option, and exit the player and open another video file... But in case you've accidentally get stuck on this loop, Force stop the vlc player using task manager(End task). once you've made sure vlc isn't actively running, instead of using a video to open the vlc,-> open the vlc player via taskbar, it should work because it's now not being loaded with the video, once the player is launched, go to video effects and disable "Image adjust" and click save, now, the infinite crashing issue will be fixed)

4. So once you clicked the Close button, Do not Exit the Player

Go to Media -> convert/save, Import the file for which you wish the colors needed to enhanced/graded/fixed by using the "Add" button

once you added the file, the convert window dialog will be opened..

Here, click on the settings icon
In the Next window which is opened by VLC, Don't change any settings, leave everything to default to preserve the original quality, make sure to check the Audio codec settings
Please Make sure that the "keep original audio track" is checked.

Now, in the Video codec settings, DO NOT change the Encoding Parameters
Make sure Everything looks exactly like this


Now, Go to Filter settings and check the "Image Properties filter"



If you use the "video transformation filter" as the Vlchelp article suggests, it will just rotate the video and if you by mistake, accidentally choose the "video post processing filter" and hit "Save" ,-> VLC player will crash instantly... so make sure that only the "image properties filter" is selected and Click "Save"

Choose where you want to save the converted file on the destination setting and BEFORE YOU CLICK START, MAKE SURE that the video looping is disabled


If you fail to do this, you'll constantly get the error "the output file already exists"


So, turn off the loop and click the Start button to start the process, once the conversion gets completed, when you open the converted file, You'll smile and be cherished with joy and happiness(as the video conversion of the video will look exactly the way how you changed the values on the "Image adjust"). i have tested the video on brave browser too, the effects are permanent and not just limited to VLC player

Thank you VideoLAN team, I never thought it would be this easy, For most of the videos, the video editors already produce the video with fine colors using adobe or something similar, but for some videos, due to bad lighting during filming and bad color grading, these filter effects are really helpful to get the colors and lighting the way how we wanted it to be.

Thanks again

[xdxoxo]

I'm actively looking for a filter to save the customized aspect ratio and crop values permanently into the video by converting it, Does anyone know what filter to use to get this task done ?

[xdxoxo]

updated vlc recently and this method is not working in the latest update. clicking start button crashes the vlc...

plus gamma feature is also not working

Downgrading to VLC 3.0.17.14 vetinari right now

[xdxoxo]

ok found the reason for crash, it seems like hardware accelerated decoding has been turned on, i have disabled it, then conversion is working fine now..

i downgraded to previous version, it still crashed, found this reason/solution so i updated again to the latest version and the problem solved.

idk if this problem was there before but i tried changing gamma slider today, there are no effects being applied both on previous version and latest version as well



would be good to see it fixed... Also, saving "image adjust", exiting the player and launching a new video either through explorer or taskbar's(recently played videos tree list) crashes the app infinitely unless i open the vlc manually, uncheck the image adjust, click save and restart vlc... please fix this problem as well

[xdxoxo]

add a shortcut for video effects activation here in the highlighted area with a effects filter icon

[xdxoxo]

crash seems to be fixed in latest versuion but image properties filter not working correctly like it did on older version