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Audio Levels higher on DVD

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Dec 26, 2016 Dec 26, 2016

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I always have the same issue when building my dvds with Encore. On the computer project it sounds perfect but once it's burned into a DVD, it sounds way too loud on my TV. It appears that Encore raises the audio level a lot when exporting. Anyone else have the same issue?

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Dec 26, 2016 Dec 26, 2016

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This is not a common complaint. Check the audio meters in Premiere Pro before exporting.

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Dec 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2016

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In premiere I normally have the audio max at -3DB or -6DB. But in my tv, the dvd sounds a ot lauder than any other movie on dvd and the audio even distorts when it gets too loud.

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LEGEND ,
Dec 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2016

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Like Stan says, not a common complaint. Assuming you had exported from Premiere as MPEG-2 DVD, you will already have a .wav audio file. Take that into Adobe Audition, or even a Premiere timeline, and lower the volume. Export a new 48K stereo .wav file.

In Encore, replace the .wav with the new version with lower volume. Should take no more than a couple of minutes to do this.

EDIT: In Premiere, I never let the loudest sounds get past -6dB, the -3dB is pushing things. The average level might be more like -9 or -12

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Jeff Pulera

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Dec 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2016

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If you are using Dolby AC3 files it may be the dianorm metadata that is altering the playback levels.

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Guide ,
Jan 09, 2017 Jan 09, 2017

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Louder is really rare - it is normally the other way around if anything.

What are your audio files at source? It cannot be dialnorm settings as these are defaulted to -31 which is equivalent to "no attenuation" - Dialnorm will only turn your audio down & never up.

Do you have a normalization set up on the TV?

What happens if you check the disc ion a different setup - is it still too loud?

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Jan 09, 2017 Jan 09, 2017

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Yes -31 is no attenuation, but if you are comparing it with features, often -27 or broadcast usually -23ish it will sound louder

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Guide ,
Jan 11, 2017 Jan 11, 2017

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Richard M Knight wrote:

Yes -31 is no attenuation, but if you are comparing it with features, often -27 or broadcast usually -23ish it will sound louder

KInda depends on the mix of the feature really.

Dialnorm should always be left at -31 unless you know exactly what you are doing - this is not aimed at you Richard - and in a stereo mix this applies doubly so as there is no dialogue channel to use as a baseline. -27 is 4dB of attenuation but against what in stereo?

If a stereo mix is too loud it should be fixed in post production, not Dolby Digital encoding.

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Jan 11, 2017 Jan 11, 2017

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I say bring back line-up tone, you know where you are with a bit of 1KHz  (or 400 Hz warble if you are using Dolby)

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New Here ,
Apr 28, 2017 Apr 28, 2017

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Same problem here and I'm not even using Encore. Exported what should be decent levels out of Premier using the MPEG-2 DVD setting. Burned DVD via Toast Titanium and levels are loud and almost clipping. A real bummer as the video export turned out really nice considering I sourced from an HD project and needed to burn SD DVDs. Hadn't thought of editing the resulting wav file. Might try that.

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Apr 28, 2017 Apr 28, 2017

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Is this 5.1 sound or stereo?

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May 25, 2017 May 25, 2017

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in my case, stereo

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