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Re: Approved Cameras

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Now do "sound must be remastered for stereo speakers."

This is the most ridiculous thing about Netflix. So many great brains there yet none of them can perceive a world where not everyone has a high end home cinema.

Re: Approved Cameras

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Now do "sound must be remastered for stereo speakers."

What's the problem?

When the sound design is targeted for 5.1, most of the dialogue comes from the center speaker.

This is great if you have one.

However if its downmixed on the fly (ie done on the client side) the center channel is often just played out of both speakers. This means that sound can be muffled, because its drowned out by the incidental noise that comes from the left/right channel.

Re: Approved Cameras

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post #4
post #2

Now do "sound must be remastered for stereo speakers."

This is the most ridiculous thing about Netflix. So many great brains there yet none of them can perceive a world where not everyone has a high end home cinema.

I guess they’re optimizing for customers who do, and then transcoding to lower qualities for all the people who do not?
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