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What's the problem?
by ugjka 5y ago
What's the problem?
- Grakel 5y agoWild volume swings, insane punches for explosions but silent dialogue.
- jagged-chisel 5y agoIt’s SOP for Hollywood. Sad we’re not getting Real Innovation around this problem.
- Grakel 5y agoYeah, I have no interest in surround sound, I just want to hear the words. I specifically don't want to be rumbled by gunshots and explosions.
- pvarangot 5y agoBlueray supports downmix metadata that I think lets you mix volumes with the full 6x2 matrix, and I don't remember if there's EQ but there may be. Also a 5.1 AV is like 500 bucks if you have the space. I don't think what other innovations you need. The technology to stream different audio streams and let the user choose is there. Thing is most studios now do only one mix for theaters and also most streaming providers don't give many fucks about audio. It's not an innovation problem it's a product problem.
- KaiserPro 5y agoWhen the sound design is targeted for 5.1, most of the dialogue comes from the center speaker. This is great if you have one. However if its downmixed on the fly (ie done on the client side) the center channel is often just played out of both speakers. This means that sound can be muffled, because its drowned out by the incidental noise that comes from the left/right channel.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> the center channel is often just played out of both speakers Well what other option do you have when there are only two speakers? Only play it out of one?
- mulmen 5y agoThe next sentence explains why this is a problem. > This means that sound can be muffled, because its drowned out by the incidental noise that comes from the left/right channel.
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- chrisseaton 5y agoYeah I read the same comment you did, but if you're taking a signal with 6 channels, and only have two channels out, you don't really have any option but send the middle channel to both outputs, else it'll sound far too intense in a single ear.
- wmf 5y agoA separate stereo audio mix.
- chrisseaton 5y agoHow else would you mix the dialogue except to come out of both speakers though?
- noizejoy 5y agoJust make it a bit louder, before summing it into the left and right channel
- chrisseaton 5y ago