Audio levels after encoding

I have a project with stereo music and mono announce track "left filled" onto the right also.
After encoding to DVD, some of the music sections seem to dissapear. All the music is softer than it should be.
any ideas???
thanks

In the Audio Mixer Panel, what are the average Levels of your individual Tracks? While I mix to the actual Audio, and only use Levels to point out problems, you might gain a clue there.
Also, is this a straight Mixdown to a Stereo Master, or do you have any Track Mapping used?
I've yet to encounter any noticeable difference between my PrPro Audio and a burned DVD.
Good luck,
Hunt

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I created a video in Premiere and sent it to AME to encode. It was a basic edit and everything worked on the timeline before I sent it to encode. After encoding to a 720p 59.94fps H.264 Quicktime, the last 2 minutes of audio on the video disappear. I've checked the audio track mixer window and that track is panned center.. The audio plays fine in Premiere.. I just don't know why it disappeared after being encoded. Can anyone help me to figure out why this happened? It caused some grief for me at work. Thanks!
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First of all, what version of Premiere Pro and AME are you using on what platform (Win or Mac)?
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I'm glad you mentioned the preset, Silal. I kept meaning to bring that up, but forgot.
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Bah, humbug! Let me hear what the talent is saying. I don't care if I can hear every nuance of that rock ballad, I just want to be able to follow the story, the plot.
Hey, I'm an old dude, you whippersnappers.
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I'm editing a film.
Voice over level is set to maximum for most part of it. It sounds as it supposed to sound after encoding.
There are several parts of the film that are supposed to be quiet. They are set as quiet on the timeline and do sound quiet during preview playback.
The problem is after I export the film to mpeg (I've also tried many other formats) the sound level in those quiet parts is automatically raised to very high. Those pieces sound almost as loud as the voice over. Looks like Premiere or Media Encoder have some automated audio level normalization or something like this.
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This man seems to have the same issue: http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/906064

Igor,
Always glad to help, even if not directly.
I use MediaPlayer Classic HC for playback testing on the computer, and it seems to handle my Audio better than WMP, and some others. Do not know KM, so cannot comment on it.
I also edit Audio by ear, with but a glance at dB levels, from time to time.
Now, though you're probably way ahead of it, this ARTICLE gives some tips on Audio Levels, and some different methods of adjusting them.
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Hunt

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Format : MPEG Video
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Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : Variable
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Bit rate mode : Variable
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Maximum bit rate : 38.8 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
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Active Format Description : Letterbox 16:9 image
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
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Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
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I always use the Apack Apple utility to encode all my audio mixes. I'm a professional sound designer and during the mix, i use a properly calibrated equipment.
All files are properly calibrated AND in phase.
Sometime i've find this following problem on my encoded stuff.
When i finish an audio encoding process i recheck the audiovideo playback through my dvdstudiopro 3.0 simulator and in some point in the video i can hear a strange "automatic" reduction of audio level, randomly, not in the part where the audio is hight. This happens also on the mastered file on dvd.
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i'm using a background audio track in one of my adventure videos and when i am in PProCS5, the audio is at a good level BUT after i export the video, the audio seems to have gone up a few notches.
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regards

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