When I watch a movie on my TV, the audio is very LOUD and the dialogue is often
quiet. I have to turn up the volume--way up--to hear dialogue and then BAM! An action scene with lots of explosions and heavy music forces me to turn it way down. The constant switching drives me nuts!
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posted by zardoz
on Apr 30, 2013 -
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I am supposed to be a Smart Person and understand technology, but trying to price out and determine the right components for a modest home-audio setup is apparently beyond me.
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posted by Tomorrowful
on Jan 10, 2011 -
21 answers
Help me reduce the footprint of my home theater components. Any and all options welcome.
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posted by bondcliff
on Sep 17, 2010 -
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AudiophileFilter: Building a 7.1 monitoring system in a seminar room, for very discerning listeners. My question is mostly about powered monitor speakers, and it's long.
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posted by fourcheesemac
on Jan 3, 2010 -
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Our Kia Sedona has one of those built in DVD players, An Audiovox PROV710. For the life of me I can't get DVDs to play in it.
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posted by KevinSkomsvold
on Mar 27, 2009 -
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Is there an easy way to rip a video DVD to MP3, so that each chapter on the disc is a separate MP3 file?
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posted by indyz
on Oct 17, 2008 -
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After burning a movie file to a DVD I've noticed that the audio is horrendously out of sync. How can this be fixed?
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posted by Funky Claude
on May 7, 2008 -
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Looking to get some decent sound out of my DVD player on the cheap. I'm a complete idiot when it comes to things with wires.
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posted by kmtiszen
on Nov 25, 2007 -
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I'm planning on ripping my DVD collection to a media server, with varying amounts of losslessness depending on the film. There are a lot of ways to do this, and I'm looking for the "best" way. After the jump I'll describe my current plan, please comment on and clarify the various technical considerations.
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posted by lifeless
on May 22, 2007 -
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Portable DVD player, or video player, or custom-built Frankendevice, with VERY high-quality audio output?? Video quality doesn't matter (could even be b/w), but screen should be 8"+ and unit should be as lightweight as possible. For live concerts where I need to see video, just for my own reference, that's exactly in sync with my pre-recorded audio (so I would make DVDs or video files with my audio + the visuals I need). Laptop = expensive/heavy/overkill.
posted by allterrainbrain
on Sep 27, 2006 -
5 answers
Is there a relatively easy way (on a Mac or PC) to strip the audio from a DVD for the purposes of creating an MP3 file (or files) that can be listened to on my iPod?
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posted by ryanhealy
on Aug 7, 2006 -
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Audiofilter: What is the cheapest way to get pure digital sound from a computer 10~15 feet away from a surround sound system?
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posted by SweetJesus
on Aug 1, 2005 -
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Ok, my google-fu has failed me. I'm trying to find a simple software program that will allow me to take an AVI file (or multiple AVI files - TV shows, mostly) and burn them to a DVD-R while still having the audio sync up properly. I've tried a couple of programs, and for some reason, the audio ends up being out of sync toward the end, although it's just fine at the beginning.
posted by gwenzel
on Jun 16, 2005 -
8 answers
They're talking today about "Super CD Tuesday" on MSNBC...Why are CD/DVD releases always on Tuesday?
posted by clgregor
on Jun 7, 2005 -
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I like to fall asleep while watching DVDs on my Windows XP PC in Windows Media Player. The problem is that on DVDs with loud menu screens after the movie is over the DVD returns to the menu and blasts loud exciting action music, waking me up. Is there a freeware program out there that will mute Media Player after the movie is over?
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posted by Servo5678
on Feb 18, 2005 -
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How can I dump DVD audio to make it editable? I have looked everywhere for an accurate soundtrack of White Christmas however the closest one I've found had the songs recorded after the movie ran - and is not the exact same dubbing as used in the movie. [+]
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posted by bkdelong
on Dec 13, 2004 -
6 answers
AirPort Express allows you to stream audio to your stereo from iTunes, and
only from iTunes. I would love it if I could get it to stream audio from the DVD player as well, but this is probably a fool's errand. Unless...
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posted by o2b
on Nov 18, 2004 -
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I watched Donnie Darko again recently and I thought it was a damn shame that
Tortoise didn't do the soundtrack. I became ever-so-briefly obsessed with the idea of replacing some of the musical sequences with Tortoise music, but I wouldn't know how to do this without completely removing any sound effects and dialogue from those scenes. Is there a way for a non-audio-geek to separate these audio elements? Assume I'm starting with a DVD.
posted by scarabic
on Jul 17, 2004 -
17 answers
