10 down vote It isn't very well documented, but FFmpeg has a -vol switch which will allow you to increase volume output. Example: ffmpeg -i movie/endersgame.mkv -vol 512 -vcodec copy endersgame-newlevel.mkv Infos: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FFmpeg#Volume_gain -vol 256 = 100% -vol 512 = 200% -vol 768 = 300% -vol 1024 = 400% -vol 2048 = 800%