DSTV ads sound volume

http://www.hellopeter.com/details.asp?id=46255

Hey tech experts!! Please help me reply to this drivel of a reply that Multichoice has written!

Hello Debbie Love

Multichoice transmits a wide variety of programmes from different sources and for many, we do not have direct control over the received audio parameters, the result being differences in perceived loudness. The main cause is probably the metering used by the various audio producers and broadcasters. The generally favoured device is the PPM (Peak Programme Meter) which does not give any measure of the audio signal loudness as perceived by the human ear.

Sound producers may maintain the "correct" peak level but reduce the dynamic range (or compress the audio) to increase the loudness on purpose. This is a "standard" method used by ad producers as well as others that follow the paradigm "louder is better". This same phenomenon has been observed in the production levels of audio CD's over the past 10 years. Similar issues are observed during the ads in cinemas.

Kind Regards

Farana Jacobs
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I cannot remember the last time I heard an advertisement.
I sit with remote on my lap, and a book nearby. So...

1) Ads come on, press MUTE
2) Pick up book
3) Read 4-5 pages (10 or more on Discovery since their ads are longer than the program you are watching)
4) Press MUTE again, continue watching
5) repeat as needed

Find I can read 20-30 pages inan average hour program (or an average 30 minute MNET sitcom, seeing as that comprises around 15 minutes of ads).
 
Debbie2, I had received similar "answer" in the past! But that is bullsh*t!

Put it that way, if everyone can sit at their homes and experience the huge inconvenience of adjusting the volume of their TV every 15 minutes, they can replace everyones inconveninence by hiring one person per channel to sit there and to do that before the signal is broadcast.

I am not saying that they should do it in such primitive way, this will be ridiculous, But if they are incompetent to do it in any other way, then I don't care! I want it fixed NOW!

Bottom line I/WE are not looking just for explanation, but for a solution! If they cannot solve such simple problem, they should not be in this business!
 
Louder is better...rubbish... anyone who has ever done an advanced rip of an audio CD to MP3's will know that the audio can be 'normaliased' , its not rocket science and if ALL the audio tracks were normalised, then volume levels will be consistent.

Maybe somesone should take out that Amiga500 and show DSTV how its done with really old stuff.
 
good stuff Debbie2

I wonder what dumb response we will get now ...

They must understand that we are not simply asking what is the problem, we WANT the problem solved NOW!
 
I run DSTV on demand just because of those really loud adverts, so I can skip the adverts. I set it up just for this reason.
 
Further response from DSTV on another post I kinda hijacked on hellopeter:

Multichoice and M-Net are fully aware of the audio level problem and have also been attempting to correct the issues, unfortunately with limited success.

There are many stakeholders in the signal value chain but we believe that the problem of large differences in perceived audio loudness levels should be alleviated within the next few months.
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next few months....lol......
You would think with so much income you would have the ounce of intelligence it takes to hard limit the adverts to minus -2db,also clearly the non adverts are too low in volume further aggrivating the difference by making it more obvious.....besides that the adverts are above 0db in parts.
shame,I just had the problem now almost blew my eardrums,had it many times before also.
 
Prehaps the ads are there to wake you from your slumbers i so often find myself in when engaged to the idiot box......
 
The question is:
Are the adverts too loud or is everything else too soft?

I'd go with the later esp recently ... the clarity has gone down aswell :(

To confirm this I will state that there is an opitimum sound level to broadcast at.
If the adverts are broadcast at a louder level clarity would be effected... so mutichoice has deliberately decreased the volumn of everything else.
They would do it this way around due to it being more important that adverts are heard for them.

Btw wizzard: on demand: It is against your contract to skip adverts and they do have rights to check your usage
 
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seburn said:
The question is:
Are the adverts too loud or is everything else too soft?

To confirm this I will state that there is an opitimum sound level to broadcast at.
If the adverts are broadcast at a louder level clarity would be effected.
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seburn you are a f**king genius!!!!Yeah, why cant dstv simply broadcast their programmes louder??????
 
You weren't meant to use sandpaper to clean it? I aint seen nyone with all rubbed off
 
The old remotes with the grey buttons did wear out after a while, I have one from a 660 and most the buttons are blank now.
 
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