I posted a while back asking about why iPlayer videos start loud then get quieter a few seconds later... It's hard to hear with most materal, but this programme exhibits the effect beautifully:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kntl1/The_Birth_of_British_Music_Han del_The_Conquering_Hero/ Listen to how the limiter suddenly kicks in after 1/2 seconds, bringing the overall gain down. The audio level at the start is fine, whereas afterwards it's just too quiet. Cue needlessly having to crank the gain on the computer to compensate. the It seems pointless having to constantly ride the gain when playing a new piece of footage - and it can often deafen you if you have your speakers or headphones turned up to an appropriate level from watching a previous programme! Could this be looked at by someone in the iPlayer team responsible for encodes? Seems like a very odd, pointless oversight and it's affected every video I've watched for at least six months, if not longer. Ta :-) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
