Hi everyone.
I've used VLC for a long time to play videos. It's not my go-to audio player, but for video files, DVDs and the like, it's basically a godsend. It plays every format out of the box without fuss, and I love that. Now I'm getting to the point where I would like to do more tweaking and advanced usage of the programme. I have the latest stable build, running Windows 10, and JAWS 18 and NVDA 2017.4 screen-readers. I find the interface a little tricky, especially the preferences. This is not a particularly user-friendly programme when it comes, to for example, setting your own equalizer settings and saving them. I know there are presets, and I guess they're ok, but they're all designed for music. Mostly I play videos with this programme, and often rather old, underground ones, where there are hisses and pops on the soundtrack and where dialogue is often a bit muffled. I therefore want equalizer settings that emphasise the mid-range and bring out sharpness and clarity in the human voice. I have figured out a way to save a group of equalizer settings. I do this by expanding the "filters" under audio and manually inputting the DB values of the different equalizer bands. But my screen-readers do not like this dialog box and often will not read much. I have had to get some sighted help to assist me setting this up the way I want. I wonder if, given that you can change the VLC interface, anybody has any ideas on a more accessible interface, or what I can do? Other things I would like to do include synchronisation of video files with different audio tracks (again, I was able to do this with some sighted help), and maybe apply some more audio effects, to see just what this programme can really do. Are there any advanced VLC users on the list? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#241): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/241 View All Messages In Topic (1): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/topic/9261584 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/9261584/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/all-audio Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
