why is vlc louder than itunes or quicktime?

[thevessels]

being on a powerbook , and sometimes needing your volume as high as you can get it . and vlc makes pretty much any file significantly louder than playing it in a default player . does anyone know the reason for this , or if theres a way to make itunes or quicktime louder than vlc ?

thanks
-chris

 

[jdavis89]

being on a powerbook , and sometimes needing your volume as high as you can get it . and vlc makes pretty much any file significantly louder than playing it in a default player . does anyone know the reason for this , or if theres a way to make itunes or quicktime louder than vlc ?

thanks
-chris

Id like to know this as well.

 

[mkrishnan]

I think it's just differences in the way that 100% volume is defined (or in VLC's case, 200%, since it can go louder than 100%). I don't know of anything you can really do about it, but it is a nuisance... on Windows at least, similarly, Hulu Desktop is notably quieter than many other video sources and turning the speakers up fully leaves it relatively quiet whereas iTunes or Youtube are blasting....