Boston Acoustics VOYAGERPRO user manual Dialog Normalization

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Installation and User Manual – DTS Pro Series Surround Encoder

7.Move any aliases you manually created to the Trash.

8.Empty the Trash after deleting the above files and folder.

9. Dialog Normalization

Dialog Normalization is the use of metadata to control playback level. It has no effect on encoding or decoding. It is an instruction to playback equipment to adjust the level of all channels, post-decoding.

A single DIALNORM value is applied to a given program: level is not adjusted within a program. There is no compression involved. All channels are affected equally. DIALNORM can only attenuate.

The DIALNORM value entered into the encoder is the subjective average dialog level of the program, not the amount of playback attenuation. The subjective average dialog level is typically approximated by LeqA measurement. The correspondence between DIALNORM value and attenuation is given in the following table.

 

DIALNORM value

Attenuation

DIALNORM value

Attenuation

 

 

(dialogue level, dBFS LeqA)

(dB)

(dialogue level, dBFS LeqA)

(dB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-31

0

-15

16

 

 

-30

1

-14

17

 

 

-29

2

-13

18

 

 

-28

3

-12

19

 

 

-27

4

-11

20

 

 

-26

5

-10

21

 

 

-25

6

-9

22

 

 

-24

7

-8

23

 

 

-23

8

-7

24

 

 

-22

9

-6

25

 

 

-21

10

-5

26

 

 

-20

11

-4

27

 

 

-19

12

-3

28

 

 

-18

13

-2

29

 

 

-17

14

-1

30

 

 

-16

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Surround encoder Page Contents Installation Surround Encoder requirements Displaying System information Already been packed Overview Pro Packer Initial screen Using the Pro Packer1Parent = the next higher directory Page Repeat for the other channels DTS 5.1ES DTS Pro Series Surrounf Encoder Screen Encoding Immediately after PackingBit Rate and Output type Using the Encoder in Standalone Mode Page Page Page Encryption Utility screen Encrypting a FileUtility will decrypt the file DVD Authoring for DTS Uninstalling the SoftwareDialog Normalization Page Page Page Page Surround encoder