How to get a music player to always play in mono?

Question

I recently lost my hearing in one ear..and discovered VLC can play stereo tracks as mono. But you have to manually turn it on for every track, it seems, no preference setting for that. Does anyone know a player that can be set to always play mono, or some way of getting around that? (Besides getting special headphones) Thanks!

DanBC · Accepted Answer

There's a Windows setting (I know you're on a Mac but maybe other people got here after a search) in:
right click start - settings - Ease of Access - Audio - "turn on mono audio".
Or start typing in the search bar "ease of access" and select audio.
Just double-checking that you've seen a doctor, and had a referral to audiology for hearing tests, possibly an MRI, and a hearing aid?

phillipseamore · Answer

You might be able to configure your OS to sum everything to one channel, instead of doing it program by program.