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Dialogue is too quiet and effects are too loud

Films are mixed for cinema speakers with a wide gap between quiet speech and loud effects. On laptop speakers or headphones — and when 5.1 sound is folded down to stereo — the voices sink.

Updated 2026-11-11

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  1. 1

    In PlayAnyVideo open the sound settings and raise the volume boost above 100 %.

  2. 2

    Turn on Voice focus to bring out the dialogue, or Night mode to even out loud and quiet scenes.

  3. 3

    With 5.1 or DTS audio, check that the right audio track is selected in the audio menu.

  4. 4

    Open the PlayAnyVideo player in your browser — nothing to install — and drop the file in. Files never leave your device.

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