Adjustment & Effects¶
VLC allows you to add adjustments and effects to the playing Video or Audio file.
Audio Effects¶
Equalizer¶
VLC features a 10-band graphical equalizer, a device used to alter the relative frequencies of audio (e.g. for a bass boost). You can display it by selecting on Windows or GNU/Linux or by clicking the Equalizer button on the macOS interface.
Audio equalizer in the Windows and GNU/Linux interface.
Hint
Do not forget to check the Enable button to activate the Equalizer!
Additional Audio Effects¶
From the Audio Effects menu, you can also access the following effects:
- Compressor
- emulates a dynamic range compressor
- Spatializer
- changes audio as if it was produced inside a room
- Stereo Widener
- enhances the stereo effect by suppressing mono (signal common to both channels) and by delaying the signal of left into right and vice versa, thereby widening the stereo effect.
- Advanced
- From this menu, you can adjust the audio pitch.
Video Effects¶
VLC features several filters able to change the video’s distortion, brightness adjustment, motion blurring, etc.
