If you use MPV, you can pass it ffmpeg filters, and ffmpeg has many ways of compressing the dynamic range. See [1] for the set of audio filters. Here are the se

If you use MPV, you can pass it ffmpeg filters, and ffmpeg has many ways of compressing the dynamic range. See [1] for the set of audio filters. Here are the settings I use [2]. If you can't run your video through ffmpeg, I guess you could run your audio signal through a physical compressor if you use external speakers, but that can get quite involved. [1]: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#acompressor https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#acompressor [2]: https://github.com/ruuda/dotfiles/blob/fff8d1d905767e85b57d7f1bc3f577c3049cf864/zsh/.zshrc#L98 https://github.com/ruuda/dotfiles/blob/fff8d1d905767e85b57d7...