I know there are bigger issues to focus on, and I haven’t lost sight of them…
But can movies/TV figure out sound so one volume works the whole time? Why is the dialogue a whisper, but a passing car sounds like it just drove through my wall?
Rant over 😑
But can movies/TV figure out sound so one volume works the whole time? Why is the dialogue a whisper, but a passing car sounds like it just drove through my wall?
Rant over 😑
Comments
SD tends to keep an even keel volume.
*turn up volume to hear*
*Philharmonic Orchestra quietly setting up shop behind you*
LANDSCAPE SHOT BACKGROUND MUSIIIIIIIIIIC
Reduce loud sounds, or normalize volume. Haven’t used them or I used them all the time. I don’t remember
I normally have to have remote in hand watching movies just to hear dialogue and not go deaf during chase scenes 😝
Do these people not use sound engineers.
Definitely not from a show to a commercial
My daughter and have started using closed captions so we can follow the dialogue with the whole trucks through walks thing.
The problem can’t be solved, basically
Source: I do this. No studio ever provides a separate mix.
You’re only as good as your source I suppose.
If you don't have a separate sound amplifier, like a sound bar or similar, that may be what you need to get a good dynamic range. The TV speakers are often terrible.
I liked that option.
EBU r-128 is a rabbit hole worth going down though. This counts doubly for mixers and streaming platforms (Spotify already do it though. Bless them for that, and that alone)
Like three year olds.
Addendum #4 — All apps set to the same sound parameters
LEVELS can be corrected by inserting an audio processor (likely more expense than the average movie fan wants to endure).
Know what can't be compensated-for? MUMBLING ACTORS (or actors speeding through their lines!).
Your best bet when it's hopeless is closed captioning.
Also, using audience-facing speakers helps.
A sound bar, or a dedicated sound setup might help if you're willing to spend money on it.
they intentionally don't do it because it's probably making someone money, like everything else under capitalism that doesn't make sense
As such I wish movies would have a “reduce dynamics” setting which would make the volume more consistent but retain the mix. But effort IG
And what’s up with British TV? The volume on dialogue is always hard to hear.
I watch programs in many languages and never have a problem hearing the dialogue.
Not an important thought, but really?!
Even my old Sony from mid 2ks has it, its called clear voice.
Funnily enough, I have little difficulty understanding movies from around the 1950s. Actors could actually enunciate, and dialogue was spoken when there wasn't a rush of background noise.
Where did it all go so wrong…?
whatever the story might be, there's an anthropological appeal.
i like all sorts (ophuls! sirk! lubitsch! sturges!) but i've been hooked on film noir for a while now. if robert mitchum or glenn ford's in trouble and gloria grahame's acting shifty, i'll be there.
snappy dialogue ftw :)
That was almost 40 years ago!
Worst culprit ever: Harry Potter. Niiightmare.
I can watch one app with volume = 20, and I need to turn it to 60 on another one to hear it.