Can someone make a VST plugin of the Compressor and EQ in VLC?

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  1. BasedPirate

    BasedPirate Kapellmeister

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    The Compressor and EQ in VLC sound better than some commercial plugins I have tried and sounds "musical"
    Can someone make a open source plugin to allow us to use VLC tools in our DAWs?
    https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/master/modules/audio_filter/compressor.c
    https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/blob/master/modules/audio_filter/equalizer.c

     
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  3. Xupito

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    Wow, that's a surprise. That kind of compressor is not designed for musicality. Interesting.
     
  4. Auen Fred

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    when you post some dry/wet wav it would be good , for your cause .
    i barely remember that i thought once , the comp is not bad yeah .
     
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    Well I had no idea that you could use audio plugins in VLC, very interesting and also the compressor would come in handy for certain tedious tasks that I have to do sometimes. Does anyone know how to install this code in VLC?
     
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    It's installed/included by default:

    Menu->Window->Audio Effects... (on mac)

    I use quite often to listen clearly to dialogs on modern video entertainment previews ...
     
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    vayabahia Producer

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    Thx!
     
  8. Auen Fred

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    what ?
    you cant , he must have processed just wav in vlc with its onboard effects .
     
  9. Will Kweks

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    Well, it wouldn't be too hard for someone that has a simple VST3 harness written, and has some time and motivation to do this. But it's still work, so that someone might want compensation.

    But that someone should be aware that there's a nasty unresolved licensing clash. If I were that someone, I'd steer well clear.

    Better get the implementation details and do this in a JS script or something.
     
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  10. vuldegger

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    VLC : best daw ever
     
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  11. Garamondo Furbish

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    its very handy for cleaning up crappy audio when watching screencams, which I hardly ever do anymore as they are pretty much crap with the distributors inserting their own commercials for gambling websites every 15 minutes..

    but its also good for surround and other images that don't resolve very well. I've used the compressor a number (countless)
    of times to cap the sfx and raise the dialogue levels.

    also it was fun to watch the latest Godzilla (minus 1) in Sepia.

    Sometimes the motion blur is handy when watching really cheezy 3d rendered anime, to give it a more hand drawn look.

    There's lots of good bits inside VLC, it was the only reason I stopped using Winamp for watching movies (still use it for audio playback and creating playlists though)
     
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    Hi!
    I've ported the compressor code to VSTSDK, in GPLv3.
    Original code is in in GPLv2, and fine with GPLv3.
    https://github.com/Kiriki-liszt/VLC_Compressor

    I've added Input/Output(RMS, Peak) meter and gain reduction meter in left.
    Ignore oversampling parameter, it's never used.

    I don't know how it should sound, so if anything sounds unexpected - please let me know. though is should sound exactly same.

    About that musical feel, I guess the RMS type of compressor makes that feel.
    GML 8900 DRC comp works in RMS, elysia alpha compressor works in RMS, TDR Kotelnikov has RMS blend, etc
    Or maybe lookahead feature make that feel, but less likely.
     
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    interesting....thanks liszt!
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    Compatibility
    VST3, AUv2

    System Requirements
    Audio Units

    • Mac OS X 10.13 or later (Intel or Apple Silicon Native)
    VST3

    • Mac OS X 10.13 or later (Intel or Apple Silicon Native)
    • Windows 10 or later
     
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    " how to ruin a movie experience "
     
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    you the man my man ...:like::thanks:

    i pm'ed pirat , maybe he post it on az....
     
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    yeah, but I always knew when to take a pee break, whenever someone got up and walked in front of the camera, that was my sign..
     
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    Thank you, Kiriki! The plugin works great.
     
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    I can't believe VLC made something that actually is better than professional plugins.

    Yea, still can't believe it.
     
  19. Auen Fred

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    vlc are a highly reputable dev in their sector
     
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    Great job! Congrats :wink:
     
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