Crossfading In Vlc Media Player

Crossfading in Windows Media Player 10 is nothing but blending of sounds in such a ways that it delivers a smooth transition between songs in your playlists. Without this crossfading feature turned ON, at the end of each song there will be around 2-3 sec gap before playing the next song. But with the crossfading feature turned ON, transition between songs happens like those done in a professional studio wherein, as the volume at the end of the first song fades out and gradually goes down, the volume of the next song fades in and gradually goes up.

Now let’s know how to modify Windows Media Player 10 settings to enable crossfading between songs.

1. Open Window Media Player 10 and for our testing purpose add any two songs to your Now Playing List.

Vlc Media Player Windows 10 One of the most used effects of all time in radio and television to make transitions, of both images and audio, is the crossfade technique. This technique allows us to gradually join different images or sounds. Currently, if this thread is anything to go off of, cross-fade in VLC is not easily feasible as the core of the program does not support gapless music and any add-on enabling cross-fade would have to 'edit' the core of the program.

2. Click the Select Now Playing options button under Now Playing and point to Enhancements, and then select Crossfading and Auto Volume Leveling as shown in the screen shot below.

Turn on Crossfading in Windows Media Player 10

Alternatively you can access Crossfading and Auto Volume Leveling option from Enhancements under View Menu

View -> Enhancements -> Crossfading and Auto Volume Leveling

3. Now, from the Crossfading and Auto Volume Leveling Enhancement pane that appears just above the player controls, click the Turn on Crossfading link and move the slider below that to adjust the time(secs) of overlap.

That’s it!! Now, your music files will be playing using the amount of crossfading you have chosen which you can check with the tracks you have added to your Now Playing list.

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The VLC media player from French-based developer VideoLAN is a leading free and open-source software product for playing audio and video files, CDs, DVDs and streaming media. It provides support for all major and most minor multimedia formats, and versions are available for Windows, Macintosh, iOS, Android, a dozen major versions of Linux and several less-common operating systems. Unfortunately, it's not designed to provide cross-fading -- slowly decreasing the volume of one source, DJ-fashion, while increasing the volume of a second. However, it is possible to simulate cross-fading manually.

Launch two copies of the VLC media player. Size and place the two VLC windows on your screen so you have access to them simultaneously.

Click the 'Media' menu on the title bar of your first VLC window, then navigate through the menu options to select the song or video you wish to play. Options might vary slightly between operating systems or desktop environments. Repeat for the second window.

Cue the song you intend to play second by pressing 'Play' and then pausing it as soon as you hear any sound. Some audio files have several seconds of silence at the beginning, so this simple precaution avoids that difficulty. Reduce the volume of this window to a low setting, approximately 10 to 15 percent, using the volume slider.

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Set the volume of your other window to 50 percent or less, then press 'Play.' Adjust the volume to a suitable playing level and let the song play through.

Press 'Play' again in the second window when your first song is within a few seconds of ending. Reduce the volume in your first window slowly for a few seconds, then raise it slowly in the second window until it reaches a playing volume comparable to the first song.

Tips

To continue the process, load a third song while the second is playing. You won't have the opportunity at this point to cue it and eliminate any dead air, but you can minimize this by starting the song a few seconds earlier or previewing your audio files beforehand or editing out any silences.
If you're playing a song that has a slow fadeout as part of the original recording, you can slowly increase the volume of your second source without manually fading out the first.
The correct volume might vary substantially between songs, depending on the source material. Use your ears, rather than the percentage indicator on VLC's volume control.

Warning

If you're using VLC on a version of Ubuntu with the Unity interface, the global menus at the top of your desktop will apply to whichever Unity window is selected. Be careful not to interrupt playback of your current song by selecting a new one with the wrong window active.

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