Hi Scott... Scott Barker wrote: > I have a mythtv/mvpmc setup using a Hauppauge PVR-500 card. This season, > many shows have unbearably loud background music, to the point that one > can't even make out the dialogue. Doing some research on the 'net > reveals that the problem is likely that the programs are being broadcast > in 5.1 surround sound, while all I have for playback is a simple stereo > TV. I've read that the solution to this problem is "downmixing". Does > mvpmc support downmixing yet, and if not, are there any plans to support > it? Thanks. >
You have a duel NTSC tuner card, right? Then you are not able to receive 5.1 sound (a.k.a. AC3). You only get that with a QUAM or ATSC digital tuner (as far as I know). As for surround sound, that's a term that, I believe, means different things depending on what you are talking about. I have a TV where you can turn on something called SRS that drives me nuts! It sounds horrible. Make sure you don't have something similar going on. And then there's always the source that could be the problem. For instance, I always like to point out when using the DVD stereo source the bar / disco scene in the 1st Matrix movie is impossible to understand w/o subtitles. Where as when using the 5.1 source the scene is easily understood. If you do happen to come by a recording with AC3 audio, here is a clip from another mvpmc thread in this forum: > specifically mvpmc uses liba52 http://liba52.sourceforge.net/ for > analog. So, yes, the mvpmc does down mix to 2 channel stereo (if you don't use the passthrough option on the command line). And you can probably read about it on the liba52 sourceforge page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list Mvpmc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
