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Posted by dgates on 04/24/07 03:57
There might be two points below that are related, so I'll delete most
of the 138 lines and leave a couple paragraphs.
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:10:13 -0500, "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote:
>The player...
>has a setting called DRC (Dynamic Range Control) which can be turned
>ON or OFF, to compress the range of sound volume. The default is OFF, but
>they don't explain what this does. I don't understand.
>I am plagued recently by what I call "Mumble Movies". The actors can't speak
>with
>projection from their diaphrams. They sound like they're just mumbling, like
>James Dean, and/or intentionally talking in whispers. This seems to happen
>more and more with current movies.
It is possible that these two items are related.
Turning on "Dynamic Range Control" (are you sure it's not "Dynamic
Range Compression?") might help you if you find dialogue hard to hear.
I find that current movies tend to have music and sound effects that
are MUCH louder than the dialogue. The movies will have a wide
"range" of audio levels from very quiet to very loud.
When I set the volume so that the loud blasts of music and sound
aren't too loud, then suddenly I can barely hear the dialogue. And if
I turn up the volume for the quieter dialogue, then the other sounds
are too loud.
Dynamic Range Compression "squeezes" the range of the audio so that
the loudest noises and the quietest noises aren't so far apart. You
might want to try it.
Of course, I've taken the liberty of assuming that you might say "the
actors are mumbling like James Dean" when you actually mean "the
dialogue isn't loud enough."
Good luck! :-)
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