SS 2.0 Preset Recommendation for Movies

[bloodhand]

Hello everyone !

I have been using SS 2.0b DSP Preset for Winamp in conjunction with FFDSHOW DirectShow Decoder (I selected it as Winamp 2 Preset from settings), playing media files using BSPlayer. This way, I can play my movies with a lot better sound, but I can't find a suitable preset for this type of content. Does anyone have any preset recommendations ?

Now I'm using the DB PRESETS from this forum and the sound is great, except the high frequency sounds which seem a little bit too compressed. I tried tweaking these presets, along with the OMNIA one, but I didn't get any good results. I would like to hear normalised sound, as similar as it is on most TV channels that broadcast movies.

Thanks in advance !

[Feeling: Pop Rock Radio]

Maybe you need only very light process for the audio of your movies. You wants to preserves the dinamics in movies,... SS is for radio and process the audio for streaming and FM, and the presets are intended for these purposes where the dinamics are strong compressed with multiband processing (compression, expand and limiting) and then two band limiters and finally the clippers, too much processing for a movie. Maybe you can find better tools to "normalize" your movies...

[Mr. Xang]

I sometimes use S S to see movies & the audio latency delay it's compensated by delaying also the video with an Allen Avionics VAR256. It's not a cheap solution since I also have to go from component to composite & back to HD with a BlackMagic Design Intensity HDMI card. Also in order to use SS in this matter the PC has to be fast & not to mention SDI, re-clocking, re-samplimg, black burst sync & other technical beauties that you don't want to get into. While visiting my aunt in Florida I noticed that the difference in audio magnitudes between the cable tv channels was (? still is) very pronounced (horrible!!!) & I almost went to the CATV company to fix that myself...pro bono!!!. A retired engineer neighbor hook up for me an S-video cable from the converter box to the tv set & the audio thru a Terk VR-1 audio normalizer that I sent her & now she don't have to adjust the volume each time she changes channels. The only disadvantage I found with the Terk VR-1 is in situations of extremely fast audio dynamic change in musical material (not fast enough leveling amp for salsa music), but for your movie viewing application the Terk VR-1 should well suffice. There's also another gadget called "tv sound regulator" that has video connectors (to sync better), but it only does leveling & not normalization. Mr Xang.

[Feeling: Pop Rock Radio]

I don't watch movies on TV....is horrible the quality and in my cable company the audio is mono i all the channels.  . Too watch movies only use my DVD player connected via optical out to a pioneer receiver with 5.1 JBL home theather speakers. No processing at all, only the DTS or 5.1 decoder in the receiver....

[Mr. Xang]

Gosh...I can suggest you a few routes to take but none are really inexpensive & I'm not aware of any device that does normalization on fiber or can pass thru 5.1 surround encoding on the consumer & home theater equipment categories. Dolby Labs have an encoder/decoder for 5.1 or 7.1 but it ain't cheap & there are other brands like Canopus, Miranda, Gefen, Cobalt, BrightEye, AJA, Kramer, Extron, etc. that can do such a feat; but then again...broadcast equipment & not cheap. Unless you want to spend lots of $ in TV broadcast studio gear, I suggest you to forgo the 5.1, the fiber & use a simple stereo RCA cable with the Terk VR-1 to normalize the audio of your DVD's. How about a Denon or Onkyo receiver with what they call "compressed audio restorer" circuitry?. HDMI?. Dolby's TrueHD?. You can also re-edit each DVD with Adobe Elements, Apple's Final Cut or Pinnacle with normalization; but I bet you don't want to wait that long. The only reason I'm using the system I described before (S S, Allen Avionics VAR256 & BlackMagic "Intensity Pro") in my home theater is because I  use them in my line of work & can deduct them as work tools from my taxes. I do have a few of Terk VR-1's that I use on the DVD/video projector, @ the CATV converter box & in the Ham/SW/scanner radio. The VR-1 also has a decent noise reduction circuit & over all It works ok for me & I can live with it. Other than that on a low budget...it would be like asking a grape vine to produce coconuts...in the anthartic!!!. Mr Xang.