Whenever I watch DVDs on my TV, the dialogue is always drowned out by sound effects and music. I'm not interested in buying a surround sound system and was wondering if simply buying a newer model DVD player (than my Panasonic S25) will fix the problem. [more inside]
posted by bonobothegreat on Dec 16, 2008 - 11 answers

Do people have a real genuine "need" for sugar sometimes, or is it psychological? [more inside]
posted by angryjellybean on Jan 26, 2007 - 20 answers

Does anyone know anything about iMovie 3? I've just finished creating a project, and when I play through in iMovie it seems fine. However, when I export it, it's like the volume settings are completely ignored. Music that I set at 10% is actually playing at 100% and is overwhelming the dialogue. There doesn't seem to be anything in iMovie's documentation about this, so I'm stumped. What am I doing wrong?
posted by shawnj on Jan 14, 2007 - 1 answer

Help me learn to properly mix tracks. [more inside]
posted by thedaniel on Jul 13, 2006 - 17 answers

Does anyone have experience using Testim or other testosterone gels? I have a testosterone deficiency which is causing anemia/fatigue and have just started using Testim. What should I expect in terms of feeling better? How long for improvement? Definite improvement? Not worth the risks?
posted by ancientgower on Apr 25, 2006 - 3 answers

I have a large amount of CBZ and CBR files that are ZIP and RAR files respectively with scanned JPEGs of comic books inside them. Thing is, the levels on the scans are sometimes too dark or too bright. Is there a windows program that would batch fix the levels (like photoshop's Automatic Levels command) on the compressed archives without having to unzip pr unrar them first?
posted by signal on Jul 2, 2004 - 4 answers

how many levels of meta are possible, in practice? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by andrew cooke on Dec 15, 2003 - 15 answers