cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/nonpolitical_comics/p/1657114/mr-lovenstein-volume

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  • Eternal192@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    5·
    1 hour ago

    One of the main reasons i watch everything with subtitles, people used to be amused when i would watch an english movie with english subtitles, then they got apartments with poor sound proofed walls and floors, they weren’t so amused anymore.

    • otacon239@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 hours ago

      Part of it could either be that they’re not spending the time for a home release audio mix, don’t want to for purity’s sake or I’ve seen issues with trying to condense surround soundscapes down to stereo.

      It all comes down to dynamic range and they should be using all of it for theatrical release and then remastering for home release.

      TV shows do not get a pass. Cinephile audio engineers that think the vast majority of their listeners will have home theater setups are just plain delusional.

      • turdas@suppo.fi
        11·
        2 hours ago

        The way they do dynamic range in movie theaters sucks too. I have to wear earplugs because it’s so loud.

      • ryannathans@aussie.zone
        1·
        48 minutes ago

        Depend, people with proper high dynamic range surround sound systems shouldn’t be penalised when watching content

      • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        while I agree with:

        Cinephile audio engineers that think the vast majority of their listeners will have home theater setups are just plain delusional.

        I disagree:

        they’re not spending the time for a home release audio mix

        From my recollection, mixing audio for different scenarios is just a function you can let the speakers decide how it will mix. Not adding this basic accessibility function in the 21c is just callousness.

    • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 hours ago

      Older movies tended to have audio mixes where the dialogue was clear even when loud things were happening, people shouldn’t need to use a compressor.

      • Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        56 minutes ago

        They also didn’t have much dynamic range, it’s much easier to compress the range than expand it

        • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
          1·
          12 minutes ago

          I have not had a great experience with compression.

          A couple TVs would have the audio delayed slightly, enough that the last syllable spoken was after they closed their mouths. Most of them also did a terrible job playing from TV speakers if the audio was in the center channel and I could not set it to stereo.

          Also I find the leveling or night settings make it harder to hear because while the speaking volume is raised that doesn’t make it clearer. So if there is background music the same volume it is just muddled at a higher volume.

          Compression is better than nothing but in no way comparable to a mix that is actually intentionally made to reduce the dynamic range. Having one mix and letting the compressor software fudge the balance is lazy and has mediocre results.

          • Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            1 minute ago

            I still feel like it probably works better than trying to expand a flat mix. Center channel dialogue is a different issue imo, there should definitely be 2.0 mixes available for streaming content auto-downmixing will always be bad.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      6·
      3 hours ago

      This generally includes anything referencing whatever bullshit Trump is up to, but also includes the megacorps. Essentially if the comic is about how the world today sucks, it doesn’t belong here.

      From their sidebar. Doesn’t sound rightwing to me.

      • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.socialEnglish
        24·
        2 hours ago

        Maybe you need a refresher:

        This generally includes anything referencing whatever [[our]] [Führer] is up to, but also includes the [elite/capitalists]. Essentially if the comic is about how [we don’t need to improve our material conditions], it doesn’t belong here.

        • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
          5·
          1 hour ago

          Or maybe people every once in a while need a break? If you can swallow the doom 24/7 great for you, but most people, including the people fighting back the hardest, don’t work that way. If someone perused this community and only this community sure maybe rag on them, but needing to recharge without seeing everything going on before hitting it again is 100% fine.

          Go touch grass and recognize your stupid purity tests of commitment is part of the problem.