1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-

     2 .. include:: HEADER.rst

     3 

     4 ==========

     5  mplayer.

     6 ==========

     7 .. contents::

     8 

     9 Increase volume above sound cards maximum volume.

    10 =================================================

    11 ::

    12 

    13   $ mplayer -af volume=<v>:<sc> media.avi

    14 

    15 ``<v>`` is the desired gain in dB for all channels in the stream from -200dB to

    16 +60dB, where -200dB mutes the sound completely and +60dB equals a gain of 1000

    17 (default: 0).

    18 

    19 ``<sc>`` Turns soft clipping on (1) or off (0). Soft-clipping can make the sound

    20 more smooth if very high volume levels are used. Enable this option if the

    21 dynamic range of the loudspeakers is very low.

    22 

    23 Maximizes the volume without distorting the sound::

    24 

    25   $ mplayer −af volnorm media.avi