Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD audio level

[Thomas Stern <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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:

> Mike Richter wrote:
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> > 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.
> > >
> > > dl
> > >      
> > 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.
> >
> > If my experience is right, you are accustomed to substantial
> > overrecording and faulting DVDs for not falling for it.
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > mrichter@xxxxxxx
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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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> dl
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