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ckm1224 · 07-08-2008, 07:32 PM

usually whats a 12 for regular tv has to be like a 19 or 20 for dvds. why do dvds have lower volume?

scoobykanye · 07-08-2008, 08:38 PM

DvD's are encoded with AC3 audio which is usually lower than normal tv.
All DVD movies, are normalized to -31db. This severely compresses the dynamic range down. Dialog is what is normalized up to 0db, from what I read. This makes dialog louder than everything else.
There u go

ckm1224 · 07-09-2008, 02:45 AM

thanks dude for the reply.

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scoobykanye Capo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: cHI-tOWN 16TH & ST.LOUIS Posts: 630	DvD's are encoded with AC3 audio which is usually lower than normal tv. All DVD movies, are normalized to -31db. This severely compresses the dynamic range down. Dialog is what is normalized up to 0db, from what I read. This makes dialog louder than everything else. There u go __________________ Last edited by scoobykanye; 07-08-2008 at 08:43 PM..

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