DSTV Advert Sound, part iv

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I have emailed the ASASA, the BCCSA, and ICASA. They all say they have no authority over DSTV's advert sound levels.

The next step is to speak to someone in the Communications Dept.

Swordfish1, you got a PM.
 
whats wrong with their sound levels?
 
LOL - I love swordfish1 he is always hilarious
 
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MrG said:
LOL - I love swordfish1 he is always halarious
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it is spelled hilarious :D

watch BBC or History channel for a while, while your wife/gf/bf/dog sleeps nearby and you will see or rather hear what is wrong with the ads sound volume ... :D
 
ya thats what I said (whistles)

ROFL
 
This is probably also related to what kind of tv you got, there's some of these snazzy tvs which "normalize" the sound levels [thus detects a sudden change in volumes and adjust accordingly] .

Of course not sure if it only works when you change channels or what not, but obviously this is not an SA specific issue if TVs are manufactured with such functions.
 
If some TV's (as well as a lot of mp3 ripping software) can normalize sound levels, why can't MultiChoice?

Are they to technologically backward like Telkom (aka "ISDN is da bomb")?
 
diabolus said:
This is probably also related to what kind of tv you got, there's some of these snazzy tvs which "normalize" the sound levels [thus detects a sudden change in volumes and adjust accordingly] .

Of course not sure if it only works when you change channels or what not, but obviously this is not an SA specific issue if TVs are manufactured with such functions.
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yes my TV does have the above mentioned feature, but I don't use my TV for sound, it goes via coaxial SPDIF to my amp and then to the speakers, I am not going to ruin my setup because of the multichoice incompetence

and yes it is to some extent a worldwide problem, but here the problem is amplified like 10 times ... I can handle small variations, but as the graphs from some test recordings shows, the difference we are talking about here is about 5-10 times, not 5-10%
 
me finks it boils down to .... Advertisers=Genius and Viewers=Mindless lemmings..

Just think that DSTV cant control the pathetic volume levels.... now the new PVR has got a "Ad-Skip" feature waiting to be activated!!!!... now thats gonna ever happen.

and elephants fly too :-)
 
lol... actually coming to think of it, ads between shows on M-Net and adverts are much louder, I thought it was my imagination
 
I've noticed MK89 being louder than the rest of the channels, and they sure amp up on the volume on adverts like there's no tomorrow...

Anyone noticed that the info on Series channel tonight was 20 minutes out than what the programs start at? like, 19:20 when the program actually started the normal time of 19:00?
 
no... lol, thats strange.. I noticed that the DSTV Guide (Electronic) has been messed up a little, like crashing my decoder and stuff, since Thursday. Its ok again now, but still does strange stuff. I got a new decoder
 
well there are billion problems with dstv, from incorrect EPG and crashing decoders to mistiming ads, ads in foreign languages and too loud ads

for me the ads volume is #1 most important problem, I cannot be bothered to sit with the remote in my hands mutting every 15 minutes, nor I am willing to pay a cent to invest into equipment that will aleviate the issue ... I pay ~R5,000 per year for DSTV, and if it doesn't work properly obviously the responsible people need to be fired!
 
its the idiots Multichoice has working for them, they also need to have some competition and then they will wakeup
 
I had some fun with DSTV on this point with hellopeter. They allege it is a difficult problem to solve and they are working on it. It may be my imagination, but watching SABC on DSTV has no such problems with ad breaks thundering out at high volume. The super loud volumes are often DSTVs own endless crappy promos. If these were simply made half as soft much of this problem would be no more. Still I guess this is technically difficult as there is no generally accepted way of ensuring similar sound levels for recorded media from different sources. They must know after all. Sounds fishy to moi.
 
swordfish1 said:
well there are billion problems with dstv, from incorrect EPG and crashing decoders to mistiming ads, ads in foreign languages and too loud ads

for me the ads volume is #1 most important problem, I cannot be bothered to sit with the remote in my hands mutting every 15 minutes, nor I am willing to pay a cent to invest into equipment that will aleviate the issue ... I pay ~R5,000 per year for DSTV, and if it doesn't work properly obviously the responsible people need to be fired!
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Loud ads are not important to them.... The PVR is going go in a downward spiral unless they fix the EPG... and quickly... (Seen the price now! R3499!!!!! ... someone in marketing has been watching too much of WEEDS)
 
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