YouTube Volume Boosters - Four Methods to Boost YouTube Volume

You may have the experience that when you play a YouTube video, the sound is too quiet to hear. Even if you turn the volume in the YouTube video player up full blast and set your computer's volume to maximum, it's still barely audible. Don't worry! This article introduces four simple methods to increase YouTube volume for better enjoyment.

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Step 1. Open the YouTube video on Chrome or FireFox.

Step 2. Press F12, open Developer Tools, and click on the Console tab.

Step 3. After the symbol ">", paste the following codes in the blanks:

var videoElement = document.querySelector("video")
var audioCtx = new AudioContext()
var source = audioCtx.createMediaElementSource(videoElement)
var gainNode = audioCtx.createGain()
gainNode.gain.value = 2 // double the volume
source.connect(gainNode)
gainNode.connect(audioCtx.destination)

Step 4. Press the Enter key to make YouTube video louder.

Tips. You can change the number in gainNode.gain.value = 2 // double the volume from 2 to 3 or higher values.

Step 1. Install the YouTube sound booster plug-in for increasing the volume for YouTube videos: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/volume-booster/ejkiikneibegknkgimmihdpcbcedgmpo

Step 2. After the plug-in is installed successfully, an orange volume icon will appear in the top right corner of Google Chrome. Click on the icon, the volume in the YouTube video will be increased. You can drag the volume control bar to turn up/down the volume and click on the Turn Off button to remove the effect.

Many free media players support streaming YouTube video, such as VLC, PotPlayer, KMPlayer, etc. They can also help you increase volume for YouTube as a YouTube volume booster. Here takes KMPlayer as an example and the actual steps of each media player are varied.  

Step 1. Install KMPlayer: https://www.kmplayer.com/home

Step 2. Open KMPlayer, press F2 to open the Options window, click on Audio Transform under the left Internal Filters tab, check Enable built-in audio Transform filter (requires restart) and then click on OK.

Step 3. Restart KMPlayer, click on the icon in the upper left corner and open the drop-down list. Select File > Open URL/YouTube.

Step 4. Copy and paste the YouTube video URL, and click on OK to play the video. You will find that the volume has been increased.