> rage comic
> le dialogue
> le action scene
Is… is it 2010?!?
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> rage comic
> le dialogue
> le action scene
Is… is it 2010?!?
Societal regression is pulling us back to the 90s/early aughts? I can work with this
Same. Mine was a frontend for /r/f7u12 and that led me to reddit eventually
A rage comic spotted in the wild… an endangered species that clings to life, despite the territorial advances of wojack and the skibidi horde
Rage comics remember me of a better time
Ah, the golden age of memes. Refreshing.
The actual reason, for anyone curious, is that movies and shows now are recorded and mixed for 5 or 7 chanel surround audio systems. The dialogue is meant to rout to the speakers closer to the viewers so it’s tuned lower, while big loud shit is meant to come from the bigger, bassier speakers up front farther from viewers so they tune it louder.
If you watch on a laptop, invest in surround sound headphones. I got a decent pair for $40 USD and it has vastly improved both my movie watching and gaming experience.
Do most people have that kind of setup? Almost everyone I know is watching from a basic tv, a shitty laptop, or with midrange headphones
In the US HD and even some SD OTA (antenna) channels are usually broadcast in at least 5.1 Dolby Digital and the upcoming ATSC standard update will allow 7.1 and Atmos broadcasts. This is also true for most streaming services, DVDs, Blu-ray’s, and even some VHSs and video games going all the way back to the N64 (Dolby ProLogic).
That people are watching (or listening to in this case) that kind of signal on a basic TV is the issue being described.
Ok… so why isnt audio devices mixing the stereo from a 5 channel source?
Headphones can emulate multi-channel spacial audio because the speakers are right on your ears. Tvs and laptops could do the same thing my headset does, it just wouldn’t do any good because speakers are too far away and in the wrong orientation.
Stereo headphones are surround sound. It’s how ears work. You percieve position by how late the sound comes to one ear compared to the other. There is a bit more, but I don’t want to write on the phone more. Google HRTF for that part.
Most basic stereo headphones are straight dual channel and have the same issues as listening through laptop or tv speakers. I’m talking about the ones that actually use multi-channel signal to simulate a 5.1 or 7.1 environment.
Most systems should be capable of downmixing to stereo. I have found that sometimes this issue comes from a double downmix where the streaming box converts to stereo but still sends it encoded in DTS or similar so the TV or soundbar downmixes it again. The result is that it reduces the volume of the left and right where the dialog now is and increases the now silent center channel.
This is part of the reason I like watching older tv shows.
The other being that, like the meme creator, I miss 2010.
Seetings ---->D.range (dynamic range) --> low
might help you with that
I’ve seen some devices call it "night mode’ as well
Apparently my TV has normalisation, but it doesn’t seem to do much. There is a setting that boosts dialogue, but it’s jarring enough that being the fastest remote in the West still comes out in top.
Maybe I can do something with the spare Pi…
For me normalization made audio kept going up and down so bizarrely
Also make sure settings are 2 channel, if not most dialogue gets sent to a non-existent center speaker. All you’re getting is the “surround” part.
We need a D.range comic to visualize that
Bless my sound bar’s voice setting
That’s why some of us favor subtitles
Change that to the commercials and still be spot on.
Is the next part of troll science out yet?
Prime Video has dialogue boost available under language settings now, I hope the others follow suit
As someone pointed out, this happens due to the source output being surround sound, which causes this effect when listening with stereo speakers.
Good news is if the TV or media player doesn’t have a Stereo option, usually there’s an option to force Mono audio which sometimes does the trick. If your speakers are shit enough you can barely tell the difference!
Let me guess, is it le libs who did this?
They can’t keep getting away with it
My settings. Closed Captions always on, volume set very low.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 15 hours ago
Rage comic
What year is it?
burgersc12@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
2012?