[BC] Re: DTV Audio Levels

[Jerry Mathis]

Thank God! I thought **I** was the only one who heard this. Who's minding
the store on this?

The last few weeks before Jay Leno signed off, it sounded like an audio
ducker had gone mad. Volume levels were all over the place. It was like
listening while being on a yo-yo.

--
Jerry Mathis

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com> wrote:

> On this list and others there have been many comments about the amazing
> lack of control of audio in digital.
>
> One problem suggested was that networks get plugged directly into the
> transmitter and the local station has no control. The level problem is all
> local as they cut away from the network. Either they have no control or
> they're not paying attention. Spots, in particular, are almost painfully
> louder than other material and local programming varies the same between
> local and network. In addition, the levels between stations vary
> dramatically. I can't watch TV without the mute button at my side.
>
> I realize that with multiple video formats and Dolby Digital it's become a
> much more complex world. I find local cutaways almost always far louder than
> the network feed. With the signal now being one big digital stream, is it
> designed so audio and video can't be separated to allow audio control? That
> doesn't make any sense to me but worse things have happened. Is it the
> change from 5.1 by a station not equipped to handle it locally?
>
> Even levels between local elements are all over the place.
>
> By far the worst offender is DirecTV. It seems to me they have control over
> everything they deliver.
>
> What's going on? I know it's annoying the daylights of a lot of people. I
> may have to resort to cable where they scrunch everything.
>
> Rich
>
>

-- 
Jerry Mathis