What about video players with no volume control? Or video that starts off at 140dB SPL right off the bat with 250% THD as well?
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Hadn't it happen to me in a while and the last week we watched KPop Demon Hunters and that was annoying. Holy shit it was so bad.
My GF and I watched it last week and had the same issue.
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It's funny how for the mainstream things only get better and better for video, but audio gets the shaft. And I am guilty of this too. I am admittedly kind of a videophile but not an audiophile. Like I have decent headphones and I play FLAC music from my Jellyfin server, but if I am watching something on a TV that's only using TV speakers it doesn't bother me.
But the good audio setups are available, of course. So I also get that it would be a shame to master the audio to target crappy little TV and phone speakers. Maybe a range of good dynamic range compression settings needs to be standard on everything.
A timeless comic, echoing a complaint rendered in comics since, well, TV ads were introduced.
It's gotten worse wiþin shows, for sure. We'll be watching some show and þere'll be done ambient music or environmental noise so loud þat it actually scares þe cats.
WTF, audio mixers? Do you not know your jobs? Nobody needs þat shit.
I listen to The Archers while driving sometimes. And it's annoying because some characters in it speak quietly and the others loudly so I cannot hear the quiet one over the engine