

#Audio normalization windows 10 tv
After normalization, it could be that the TV no longer recognizes the surround sound codec, anyway and just passes each audio speaker track along with no decoding. If you decide to normalize then the encoded result needs to be either stereo or PCM audio so the TV doesn't adjust the audio EQ curve again. If the surround sound is normalized, prior to being decoded by the TV, then the decoding will result in audio with inproper EQ and maybe even incorrect volume, per channel. A surrournd sound codec in DTS, Dolby is expected to have a certain audio profile.
#Audio normalization windows 10 professional
Normalize is not used in professional playback setups. There are up to about a dozen steps of audio encoding in typical media, to get the original recorded audio to the viewer.

Normalization is one step of changing the audio. It sort of like saying you want a "Make it sound better' button. It was mentioned the average user does not want to adjust any settings to make the audio work better. I don't think you can normalize for live content because the method is to read the entire audio track for the whole length of the media and then adjust the volume and compression. So, Normalization must have an off switch. I would guess for a 2 hour media program on an average computer, encoding time would increase by perhaps 10% to 25%. For everyone else, the audio would end up being tiring to listen to after an hour or two. But, on a larger TV it will alter the sound enough, to make it sound broken to an audiophille's ear. Normalization would probably make the audio sound a little clearer on small hardware playback. It should be an on / off option to help people with average computers not wanting to add processing time or alter the audio. All they know is that some shows are loud, some are quiet, and it's kind of annoying.Īs for implementation, would this really be done at the client level? Aren't we talking about the server transcoding audio? I have a couple dozen users, and right now I can't think of a single one who hasn't mentioned the audio level issue. For the sound, all they have are TV speakers and sometimes soundbars. our friends and family, know three things: Volume Up, Volume Down, and Mute. When it comes to audio, most Emby users, i.e. You are thinking about this from your own (technically informed) perspective. This may be easier to do in some apps than others as well (Roku would be one of the harder ones). It is also not a simple thing to implement (well) so the cost/benefit is a bit difficult right at this time. Many TVs and most receivers have a way to do this type of compensation which means the audience for the feature within Emby is fairly small (only those without devices that already account for this).
