I find that it is the rare exception that the level on the DVD is
at the same level as the tv channels - usually have to increase volume
to get
reasonable level when playing dvd's. There are some dvd's on which the
sound
level is extremely low, e.g. A Farewell To Arms 1932 Image release
(seems to have been deleted).
Best wishes, Thomas.
David Lennick wrote:
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>>>By the way, can anyone tell me why most DVDs are mastered at such low levels?
>>>Then you go to the special features and burst your eardrums. $1 DVDs tend to
>>>have normal audio levels as well.
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>>Are you sure you haven't reversed the situation? I've yet to encounter a
>>DVD in which peak level was significantly below the maximum for
>>reproduction. What I do find is that most commercial DVDs avoid the
>>extreme saturation and clipping common in CD-DA.
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>>If my experience is right, you are accustomed to substantial
>>overrecording and faulting DVDs for not falling for it.
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>>Mike
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>Potato, potahto..the fact remains that the main audio tracks on DVDs are at about
>half the volume used for supplementary tracks, and those are at levels similar to
>commercial CDs, all of which I play in the same machine. Avoiding saturation is
>nice, but avoiding having to get up and turn up the volume would be nicer. Just
>curious why this is done. Laserdiscs also had low audio levels on the digital
>tracks.
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