Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

Hi CJB, > is the overly-LOUD dramatic music. This is so loud that the narrator > cannot be heard The production companies paid by the BBC put `plinkity-plink' music over all the speech audio, not just narration, and not just to add drama. It seems to be for no good reason; similar to a

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

On 08/04/18 17:22, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Interestingly enough there's a posting today on the support forum which wonders whether hlshd is being phased out as the "BBC isn't making programs available in hlshd (720p 25fps), only dvfhd and hvfhd (720p 50fps) for HD. The list includes:

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:39 PM, CJB wrote: > Not sure about loudness of narrators, what I find extremely irritating > - to the point of switching to another channel - is the overly-LOUD > dramatic music. This is so loud that the narrator cannot be heard, and > I then have

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

In article <7495777d-626b-394b-be2d-5f2ca5f14...@tqvideo.co.uk>, Tony Quinn wrote: > Read this, and see what I mean > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/25/the_future_of_moving_images_the_eyes_have_it/ Thanks for the reference. FWIW I've started downloading a series

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

Not sure about loudness of narrators, what I find extremely irritating - to the point of switching to another channel - is the overly-LOUD dramatic music. This is so loud that the narrator cannot be heard, and I then have to switch to using subtitles. And even Attenborough's narration is not

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

Hi Tony, > Read this, and see what I mean > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/25/the_future_of_moving_images_the_eyes_have_it/ Thanks, interesting, though I didn't grasp it all on first reading. Don't suppose you know of a good article explaining why the narrator in BBC programmes is

Re: Steve Backshall - Nature's Microworlds - 2 Serengeti.mp4, b01l4906

Sorry, should've been the PCC (Press Complaints Commission)! On 10/04/2018 00:15, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote: In fact, they're probably even less reliable than the Daily Fail  - at least the latter are occasionally brought to book by the IPCC, whereas blugger-land (deliberate mistype) has no