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> It's like watching a series on TV and then getting blasted with EXTREMELY LOUD COMMERCIAL BREAKS (and they do that shit on purpose too). Call me cynical, bu
by learnstats2 12y ago
> It's like watching a series on TV and then getting blasted with EXTREMELY LOUD COMMERCIAL BREAKS (and they do that shit on purpose too).
Call me cynical, but I immediately thought that formed part of YouTube's motivation for this.
- mattmcknight 12y agoI must be the opposite of cynical, because I assumed they were doing it to combat that. The FCC already acted against the practice on TV. http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/loud-commercials http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/loud-commercials
- malka 12y agoIf France, the network cant increase the loudness during the ads. Instead, the sound is (sometimes, heavily) compressed. Annoying as hell.
- kragen 12y agoThat's what this article means by "loudness". They're talking about compressing the dynamic range so that the average power is higher, not increasing the peak power.