this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Nvidia Shield TV (small Android media player) has a built-in way to normalize audio in all apps running on it. It works great!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It does? Can you give me a hint?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Right on. Something I've missed clearly.

[–] CaptainBlagbird 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's called Night listening mode. You can also place it in the quick settings menu for easier switching.

Location of the settings:

  • Device Preferences > Display & Sound > Night listening mode
  • Device Preferences > System > Customise Quick Settings
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Great. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks a lot.

[–] ccunix 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We used to call it "compression" and itwas an essential part of the recording process. It seems TV shows don't do that anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's still called that way: Dynamic range compression

[–] ccunix 1 points 1 year ago

I know, but do TV shows to it?

I understand that it dynamic range is necessary and having none is terrible (look up "loudness wars" in the recording industry), but it seems TV shows are no longer mastered for a actual home consumption.

Back in the day, we would work on our nice studio monitors, switch to a pair of NS10s to make sure it would sound good on a cheap Hifi, but we would also make it sound good on something garbage. Sometimes (always in fact) this was to the detriment of how sound on good gear, but 99% of people use garbage.