Post #132309
2026-01-13 20:20 UTC
Replies (29)
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@AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2026-01-13 20:38
Blame the sound designer. You can emulate whispering without altering the volume. Very few media players have autobalancers.
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@Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 2026-01-13 22:30
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.
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@diegantobass@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 20:49
I suspect it is all a trick to teach people how to use a compressor
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@fennesz12@feddit.dk 2026-01-14 14:13
This wasn't a thing a couple of decades ago. To this day I can still watch movies from the eighties just fine, but need subtitles for anything made within the last 10 years.
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@neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-14 00:59
Nolan has entered the chat
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@Strider@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 16:14
FYI this is one of the main differences between the Hollywood and German soundtracks. Here it's mixed far better to listen in stereo while in surround cinematic you need to turn the front speaker up, if you have that system. And it doesn't translate well to stereo.
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@SoloCritical@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 20:16
And this is why I, a genius, watch my content with subtitles. So I can keep the volume at a perpetually low level whilst still understanding what is being said even when it isn’t in a language I speak.
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@Treczoks@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 08:46
I had such a situation years ago. I was listening to Mike Oldfields "Tubular Bells II" on headphones. For the first time. There is a sequence where the music stops, and a child is telling something. I turned up the volume to hear it, and got the last words "and nothing was ever heard of him again, except for the sound of tu-bu-lar bells", and then came **BANG** the promised bell...
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@Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2026-01-15 11:22
Might want to put your link in fedi format: !nonpolitical_comics@piefed.social The way it is now people have to search their instance in their app to subscribe.
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@Honytawk@feddit.nl 2026-01-15 10:28
By default I enable Loudness Equalization, which makes soft sounds louder and loud sounds softer. I don't care about the dynamic range if you can't understand what they are saying.
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@Nangijala@feddit.dk 2026-01-15 10:44
Subtitles can save you a lot of headaches. Our TV has a shit sound distribution so it is literally like in the meme and our solution became to always have subtitles on even now that we live in a place with soundproof walls and no longer have to mind neighbors.
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@Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 21:59
Good ol dolby
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@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2026-01-14 01:54
Pay for better audio people. TV companies make big shiny displays but out smartphone sized speakers in them. Gone are the days where you can get good audio from your TV. Even the cheapest sound bars will make a difference. It's not your ears. It's your sound equipment.
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@ulterno@programming.dev 2026-01-14 16:15
DRC
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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 01:41
upvote for the comic, downvote for the political crap, so...zero sum votes?
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@AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2026-01-13 20:39
>**NonPolitical** Comics community ::: spoiler Sorry, not interested in joining an authoritarian community, sorry. had to get a native to reword my bad eigo ☆(・ω<)  :::
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@otacon239@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 23:24
Maybe include it as an option?
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@RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2026-01-14 07:18
Modern CPUs can downmix and compress audio without a sweat, it doesn't need to be done by the studio.
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@SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 2026-01-14 02:15
The high dynamic range 7.1 audio is already on the disc. What we're wanting is a decent stereo mixdown. Could be 128kb mp3 for all I care. Not like I'll be able to discern a higher bitrate on my tv speakers. That should require 86MB per 90 minutes.
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@otacon239@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 01:23
Looking into it, there’s a range of standards for Blu-Ray in terms of video quality. I doubt there are a ton of discs that can’t afford a few of those 25-50GB. Just spitballing ways to make it approachable rather than say only one way is correct. There’s all sorts of fancy stuff going on with DTS. Maybe they could work compression into part of the standard and just include alternate mixes.
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@MotoAsh@piefed.social 2026-01-20 05:14
Even high quality audio isn't 4GB for a movie. Not FLAC or even 48khz WAV.
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@MotoAsh@piefed.social 2026-01-20 16:28
Yea, and how many people torrent the full, actual complete bluray? Why would you want to waste that much space? Do bluray players only support Dolby MA? You realize we're talking about a situation where people DON'T want super crazy high dynamic range, perfect audio quality with 7.1 channels, right??
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@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2026-01-14 01:53
What does your audio system look like for your TV?
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@Honytawk@feddit.nl 2026-01-15 10:23
Or you could just enable something like Loudness Equalization on whatever device you are playing the content from. The getting old part is you not searching for a solution and just complaining.
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@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2026-01-14 16:08
So, you haven't invested in your audio. You have a TV, great, but tv speakers are basically phone speakers. You don't need a big surround sound system, but you need something. Even the cheapest sound bars will likely solve this problem for you.
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@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2026-01-14 16:15
Your personal finances are your business. I am here saying why you can't hear anything. If the audio is bad, the invest in better audio, simple as that.
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@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2026-01-14 19:13
K. You asked why your sound was bad, I gave an answer. Your opinions on if it should or shouldn't be that way are not relevant, this is the way it is. If you want good sound, you have to buy it. I can't change society or manufacturers for you, I am only a guy explaining how you can get good sound.
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@luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-14 21:39
"The system" is physics. You can't have tiny speakers embeded in a flat screen sound as good as a dedicated sound system due to how sound works. Same goes for phones camera, the tiny size just cannot compete against bigger, dedicated hardware due to how light works. So go ahead and go fight the universe if you want, I'll be here enjoying my audio on big ass speakers you can find in a thrift shop since those things existed for decades. Pretty sure the "corporation" that made my speakers in the 70's are well fed with the non-existant money I sent them.
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@luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-14 21:53
You apparently didn't even bother to read anyway so have a good day.