Dynamic Range Compression

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Dynamic Range Compression

I have Dolby Dynamic Range Compression turned off in DVD Player because it really irritates me. However in Front Row, my DVDs' audio tracks are still suddenly quietened during clap-like assonant sounds ... thus I am still irritated!

Is there a miscommunication between the DVD Player's settings and Front Row, or is this a by-design behaviour? If the latter, is there a way to undesign the by-design behaviour?

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MacBook Pro 15" 2.2GHz 2GB, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 24, 2007 2:06 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 24, 2007 4:24 PM in response to Robin Browne

Robin,

Front Row appears to use Quicktime for DVD playback, not DVD Player. Hence the settings in DVD Player do not carry through to Front Row, and there is no way to adjust settings in Front Row. There are a number of people who like yourself, are frustrated at Front Row's lack of adjust-ability.

..k

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Answer 2

Sep 24, 2007 5:28 PM in response to Robin Browne

The only DVD Player application preference I know of that Front Row reads is the choice between analog and digital audio out. I don't think Front Row is designed to read the DVD Player's preferences otherwise. I would suggest you continue to use the DVD Player application, for now, and send Apple some Mac OS X feedback:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/

-Doug

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Answer 3

Robin Browne Author

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Sep 24, 2007 11:43 PM in response to Douglas McLaughlin

Oi vey ... thanks for the feedback ... here's hoping they've made a better job of Front Row Leopard ...

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