Possible to make the video black and white?

[HDS7]

Is it possible to desaturate the video youre watching? make it black and white? ive got this awful colorized version of a 1940s film and id like to watch it in its original intention. i cant seem to figure out how or if its possible to do that with the preferences being so technical.

[VLC_help]

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--grayscale, --no-grayscale Grayscale video output (default disabled) Output video in grayscale. As the color information aren't decoded, this can save some processing power. (default disabled)

also available via Tools -> Preferences... (Show settings: All) and Video.

[HDS7]

hmm i did exactly that, and it doesnt work.i even tried restarting the program.

[VLC_help]

hmm i did exactly that, and it doesnt work.i even tried restarting the program.

You are right. It seems to be broken. Ticket opened
trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/3293