Blu ray in English sounds great, Volume lowers when Switched to Spanish. Help - Blu-ray Forum

fred87nc · 04-22-2011, 12:03 AM

5.1 Sounds great on my system when Im watching the movie in the English Audio track, once I switch it to spanish, the whole volume drops inmensly, Why does this happen? And How can I switch the lanes for the center speaker, switching just the Voice from the Spanish file, to run as the voice for the English Audio track with the English Sorround sound?

frogmort · 04-22-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by fred87nc

5.1 Sounds great on my system when Im watching the movie in the English Audio track, once I switch it to spanish, the whole volume drops inmensly, Why does this happen? And How can I switch the lanes for the center speaker, switching just the Voice from the Spanish file, to run as the voice for the English Audio track with the English Sorround sound?

Maybe the English track is lossless, and the Spanish one is lossy. It could've just been mixed quieter.

I don't think you can mix the Spanish center with the English surrounds.

fred87nc · 04-22-2011, 01:24 AM

Anyone know how to make it louder? Also I saw Battle:LA Screener, where they grabbed the 5.1 off the German screener, and just added the Spanish Audio to get the whole 5.1, So Im guessing it is possible..Since the center speaker only produces the voices...

Also this is played off my ps3 through Optical, and a theater in a box set.. But it just sounds great on the English track...

Canada · 04-22-2011, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by fred87nc

5.1 Sounds great on my system when Im watching the movie in the English Audio track, once I switch it to spanish, the whole volume drops inmensly, Why does this happen? And How can I switch the lanes for the center speaker, switching just the Voice from the Spanish file, to run as the voice for the English Audio track with the English Sorround sound?

Maybe the English track is lossless (DTS MA) and the Spanish is lossy (DD)? That't the only thing I could think of.

Big Daddy · 04-22-2011, 02:17 AM

Check post #2 of https://forum.blu-ray.com/audio-theo...alization.html.

You will notice that many movies use lossless codec (DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD) for the English language with no dialog normalization. However, many of the same movies use lossy codec (Dolby Digital) for the French/Spanish language versions with a dialog normalization of -4dB.

In most cases, just turn the master volume up a little and you should be ok.

fred87nc · 04-22-2011, 02:48 AM

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

For the Green Hornet, which is what Im watching, the difference is huge

and sadly I have a home theater in a box that is already at its max audio... Anything I can do to modify the file and make it louder, something kinda like AC3 Filter, but that I can change channels on the AVI file?

Im seeing something about decoding, replacing the Center channel, and recoding. anyone know of any programs? Or toturial?

daemonfly · 04-25-2011, 08:59 AM

http://www.videohelp.com should have guides on what you need, or at least piece together info from various guides. Check their audio forum subsection http://forum.videohelp.com/forums/33-Audio

Perhaps even: http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/3...he-same-volume

Depending on what software you're running, there might be a way to boost from within the software. Or switch to software that lets you. Just reset after done with that specific movie.

smeesmay · 05-04-2011, 02:05 PM

this may not be what you want to hear, but sounds like your not hearing much... its time for a new receiver. Walmart.com has a good pioneer 5.1 hdmi 3d pass through receiver for 179. As it is, your optical connection cannot pass the DTS-MA audio through it. At best your getting 5.1 dolby digital, 5.1 dts (lossy) but probably more like 2 channel lpcm. Your loosing tons of audio....reguardless of language or other mixes. To get the full effects of lossless audio you need an hdmi connection. Look into upgrading, you can keep your speakers and possibly your sub from the HTIB. You'll hear a world of difference. And if its not what you thought it could be....simply take the receiver back to walmart. Your only out time to hook it up and see....

04-22-2011, 12:03 AM	#1
fred87nc Member Member since:Apr 2009 Home Theater Gallery:3	Blu ray in English sounds great, Volume lowers when Switched to Spanish. Help 5.1 Sounds great on my system when Im watching the movie in the English Audio track, once I switch it to spanish, the whole volume drops inmensly, Why does this happen? And How can I switch the lanes for the center speaker, switching just the Voice from the Spanish file, to run as the voice for the English Audio track with the English Sorround sound?

04-22-2011, 01:24 AM	#3
fred87nc Member Member since:Apr 2009 Home Theater Gallery:3	Anyone know how to make it louder? Also I saw Battle:LA Screener, where they grabbed the 5.1 off the German screener, and just added the Spanish Audio to get the whole 5.1, So Im guessing it is possible..Since the center speaker only produces the voices... Also this is played off my ps3 through Optical, and a theater in a box set.. But it just sounds great on the English track... Last edited by fred87nc; 04-22-2011 at 01:28 AM.

04-22-2011, 02:48 AM	#6
fred87nc Member Member since:Apr 2009 Home Theater Gallery:3	English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 For the Green Hornet, which is what Im watching, the difference is huge and sadly I have a home theater in a box that is already at its max audio... Anything I can do to modify the file and make it louder, something kinda like AC3 Filter, but that I can change channels on the AVI file? Im seeing something about decoding, replacing the Center channel, and recoding. anyone know of any programs? Or toturial? Last edited by fred87nc; 04-22-2011 at 02:53 AM.

04-22-2011, 02:17 AM	#5
Big Daddy Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Southern California Home Theater Gallery:79 Blu-ray collection:122 Trading Score:1	Check post #2 of https://forum.blu-ray.com/audio-theo...alization.html. You will notice that many movies use lossless codec (DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD) for the English language with no dialog normalization. However, many of the same movies use lossy codec (Dolby Digital) for the French/Spanish language versions with a dialog normalization of -4dB. In most cases, just turn the master volume up a little and you should be ok.

04-25-2011, 08:59 AM	#7
daemonfly Member Member since:Jun 2010	http://www.videohelp.com should have guides on what you need, or at least piece together info from various guides. Check their audio forum subsection http://forum.videohelp.com/forums/33-Audio Perhaps even: http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/3...he-same-volume Depending on what software you're running, there might be a way to boost from within the software. Or switch to software that lets you. Just reset after done with that specific movie.

05-04-2011, 02:05 PM	#8
smeesmay Special Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2011 Location:Missouri Home Theater Gallery:22 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:1696 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:4 Blu-ray reviews: 22 Trading Score:136	this may not be what you want to hear, but sounds like your not hearing much... its time for a new receiver. Walmart.com has a good pioneer 5.1 hdmi 3d pass through receiver for 179. As it is, your optical connection cannot pass the DTS-MA audio through it. At best your getting 5.1 dolby digital, 5.1 dts (lossy) but probably more like 2 channel lpcm. Your loosing tons of audio....reguardless of language or other mixes. To get the full effects of lossless audio you need an hdmi connection. Look into upgrading, you can keep your speakers and possibly your sub from the HTIB. You'll hear a world of difference. And if its not what you thought it could be....simply take the receiver back to walmart. Your only out time to hook it up and see....

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