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0 pointsnitrogen4y ago0 comments

Still, Bluray discs with the downmix metadata set correctly should still sound better in stereo than a streaming source that was downmixed without dynamic range and mix preference metadata.

The technology is old enough to be long out of patent either way.

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dylan6044y ago

Dolby's DialNorm setting was their true bit of gold. Incorrectly setting that value on surround encodings had a huge impact. Correctly getting that DialNorm value required Dolby gear. Many people could not afford that gear, so a -27 value was set across the board whether it was correct or not.

Metadata only isn't a panacea

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0 pointsnitrogen4y ago0 comments

Still, Bluray discs with the downmix metadata set correctly should still sound better in stereo than a streaming source that was downmixed without dynamic range and mix preference metadata.

The technology is old enough to be long out of patent either way.

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dylan6044y ago

Metadata only isn't a panacea

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