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DVDdoug
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by DVDdoug » Thu Jun 23, 2016 4:59 pm
It seems like everyone sets audio levels too low and many of them
need to be boosted.
There are standards
for movies, (including DVD & Blu-Ray) and the standards leave quite a bit of headroom for loud "dynamics". For Dolby, there is also a metadata field called Dialnorm that sets/adjusts the playback level. That metadata might be ignored when a movie is "ripped".
Just thinking of my case, the main problem is impromptu videos
(something interesting is going on & it's not a properly set up shooting
situation). Audio levels are off, either no way to set them or the
controls are buried deep in menus,
With live recording, you need to leave some headroom to prevent clipping, or you can use Automatic Volume Control (which can mess-up the sound in its own way with the constantly-changing gain).
Sound editing/adjustment is just a normal part of audio/video editing.
