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Czar · 07-27-2000, 07:39 PM

I posted this sometime back with no reply so asking again...

Has anyone experienced an audio dropout in the Strip Club scene when the two girls talk (a branch)? It seems to be the only problem I have had with the seamless branching and the audio changes from 5.1 to 2.0 at this scene only.

esc · 07-27-2000, 11:52 PM

in the extended scene in the strip club the only problem i have is the center channel continues at normal volume and the surrounds get noticable quieter, it sounds like someone in the mixing booth quickly turned down the ambiant noise in the scene when the dialog gets 'important'
i did notice an overall decrese in volume for the extended scene in the whitehouse in chapter 22 at 0:44:15. not a big deal since they are just talking.

Czar · 07-28-2000, 12:02 AM

Try playing it on a two speaker non dolby stereo system... the sound on the extended scene is noticably off. The background music drops off like someone shut a door and the dialog becomes muffled.

CaptBungles · 07-28-2000, 02:44 AM

I thought that the audio sounded very much *un-finished* on all of the extended scenes. The extended LD sounds that way too, so I don't think it's really a branching problem. The audio output on the disk doesn't change, but the master that the 5.1 came from changes, and it's *really* noticeable - I think anyway.

siggis · 07-28-2000, 07:22 AM

I had the same problem with The Abyss...
I sat down and watched the movie in 5.1 (and i'm sure of it). A couple of hours later, tired and I'm a bit imbarressed to mentioned it) I noticed that the display on my receiver had changed to dolby pro logic. That really pissed me off and I had to check if I used the right soundtrack, so I just put on the movie one day in dd 5.1, and let it play by itself in silence. When I got back a couple of hours later, pro logic was on my display. Really pissed me off.
I've just gotten ID4 and haven't had the chance of checking it out yet, but I guess I'll get the same problem with that one, but I figure I can just change back to the 5.1 soundtrack on the fly.
It probably has something to do with the dvd player. Mine is 1.5 years old, so it's getting pritty old, and when it was made, it probably wasn't optimized for seamless branching. You might have the same problem.
But just a note to Sony (dvp s505d), it really annoys the hell outta me.

/SIGGIS

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Czar Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Richmond, VA	Audio dropout in ID4 ? I posted this sometime back with no reply so asking again... Has anyone experienced an audio dropout in the Strip Club scene when the two girls talk (a branch)? It seems to be the only problem I have had with the seamless branching and the audio changes from 5.1 to 2.0 at this scene only.

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07-27-2000, 11:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
esc Stay behind my aura! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: camrose, alberta, canada	in the extended scene in the strip club the only problem i have is the center channel continues at normal volume and the surrounds get noticable quieter, it sounds like someone in the mixing booth quickly turned down the ambiant noise in the scene when the dialog gets 'important' i did notice an overall decrese in volume for the extended scene in the whitehouse in chapter 22 at 0:44:15. not a big deal since they are just talking.

07-28-2000, 12:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
Czar Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Richmond, VA	Try playing it on a two speaker non dolby stereo system... the sound on the extended scene is noticably off. The background music drops off like someone shut a door and the dialog becomes muffled.

07-28-2000, 02:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
CaptBungles Supporting Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Exton, PA, USA	I thought that the audio sounded very much un-finished on all of the extended scenes. The extended LD sounds that way too, so I don't think it's really a branching problem. The audio output on the disk doesn't change, but the master that the 5.1 came from changes, and it's really noticeable - I think anyway.

07-28-2000, 07:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
siggis Supporting Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Norway	I had the same problem with The Abyss... I sat down and watched the movie in 5.1 (and i'm sure of it). A couple of hours later, tired and I'm a bit imbarressed to mentioned it) I noticed that the display on my receiver had changed to dolby pro logic. That really pissed me off and I had to check if I used the right soundtrack, so I just put on the movie one day in dd 5.1, and let it play by itself in silence. When I got back a couple of hours later, pro logic was on my display. Really pissed me off. I've just gotten ID4 and haven't had the chance of checking it out yet, but I guess I'll get the same problem with that one, but I figure I can just change back to the 5.1 soundtrack on the fly. It probably has something to do with the dvd player. Mine is 1.5 years old, so it's getting pritty old, and when it was made, it probably wasn't optimized for seamless branching. You might have the same problem. But just a note to Sony (dvp s505d), it really annoys the hell outta me. /SIGGIS