DVD sound quality

My MacBook Pro 17 inch, 2.4 ghz is having sound issues when playing dvd's. The sound volume fades lower then back to normal throughout. I've used many different dvd's, all new and clean.
Any help out there?

I’m not sure, but there is a setting in DVD Player’s preferences to disable DolbyDRC which is a feature(?) to reduce audio volume when it gets loud in order to protect your speakers. The setting is on the 2nd tab called DVDs.

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I have finally been able to transfer a previously owned DVD to my 30gb iPod and the picture quality is great! However, the sound quality is not up to par. The audio (but not the video) to the DVD when playing on iTunes and the iPod is "skipping." I used the following programs to transfer the DVDs to iTunes:
DVD Decrypter
Digiters DVD to iPod Converter.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to clean up the sound quality? Any suggestions on good, easy-to-use software for ripping and converting?
THANKS!!!

OK, so I went back and listened again to the tracks in iTunes, and it turns out that for some reason even though I thought I checked the "use error correction" box on my home computer's iTunes, error correction wasn't turned on after all. I noticed because I did hear the distortion on the playback of one song when played from iTunes. I am in the process of re-importing a couple of cd's with error correction turned on, and I am pretty sure this is the problem. I re-imported the one song I noticed it on originally and it got rid of it. I listened to one of the cd's back this morning in iTunes and didn't notice the distortion, but apparently it was there and I just missed it. So, chalk this one up to user error/self pwnt, haha!

Sound quality afer importing to dvd

after i export my movie to dvd, the fades of the music jumps around or disjointed when the two pieces of music are joined together. When i view it in imovie the sound is perfect. Is there something i am doing wrong? Is there a wrong setting.
Dan

There are several problems that you need to consider. A mono VCR plays back the sound that is encoded in a very slow moving tape playback. Think of reel to reel tape at 1.75ips. Some stereo material gets lost in this translation. Stereo is recorded at a much higher quality at a faster rate. Think of reel to reel tape at 15ips. Playing back through a HiFi VCR should improve the sound quality. Once recorded to iMovie, extract the sound and adjust it as a separate sound source through Garage Band or other sound processing program. Make sure that it is placed back in the exact location when returning it to your iMovie sound track.

Sound quality when burning an iMovie to disc

I just got iLife 9 and made a video using iMovie. The picture and sound quality on my computer are excellent; but when I burned the movie to a disc using iDVD the pictures remained high quality but the sound was poor. Any idea what might have caused the problem and what I can do to get better sound quality? Any help would be much appreciated.

Problem found !
Karls answer's helped me to findout the issue.
Nevertheless, this wasn't the bug.
When playing the movie in iMovie HD, sound rendering is not correct. When you burn your DVD, sound track is calculated to mix every sound tracks according to each sound volume curve defined in iMovie.
If you see a dot at the beginning of a sound track this mean that the DVD sound rendering will be incorrect.
Clean the and make sure that, when you select a sound object, you can change its volume by adjusting it, not manually, but using the general volume cursor. If not, you have a problem. Remake a perfect flat volume curve before adjusting it again.

Poor sound quality in iDVD

When I previewed my music video in iDVD it looked and sounded exactly right but when I burned it to a DVD and played it on my home DVD player, the sound quality was not "CD quality". It sounded crappy like a cassette. I played the DVD on the built in DVD player in the computer and it played back perfectly. When I play commercial DVD's on my home player the sound is fine, CD quality.
So far I have not attempted to play the DVD on other DVD players but I will do so although I doubt it will help. A friend of mine claims that this is all the MAC can produce at this level and that IDVD5 is only good for "consumer" applications like family slide shows and home movies. I disagree. I feel that the music recorded on an iMAC should sound extremely close to the quality that you hear coming out of the computer itself. There has to be a reason for that much degradation to occur in the audio upon burning a DVD. Has anyone else experienced this problem with the audio? I may try to bring a data copy of the video to a production house and burn it there, bypassing iDVD. My feeling is that even home movies should have CD quality music. Otherwise there's no point in using MAC at this level if the sound quality sounds terrible on all players except the MAC. As a pro songwriter, I wanted to try my hand at making music videos at home. Well, the video looks great but the audio sounds terrible. HELP!
iMAC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) 20"

Thank you for those reassuring words. I'll try to give as many pertinent details as I can. I created the project in iMovie and exported it to iDVD. The song was taken from my professionally recorded CD and was loaded to iTunes. It was recorded at a pro-tools studio at a 24-bit rate. It sounded perfect when played in iTunes. The DVD I used was 8X DVD+R. (pro-media brand) They were pretty cheap. Could that be the problem? I didn't actually change any export settings. They seemed to have all been pre-set (checks in blue boxes) to "highest quality". When I first opened iMovie I simply clicked on "audio" and chose one of my songs from iTunes Library. If you have any other questions, let me know. Please point out what to click on to find the answers. Access to the cool people on this board has given me new hope about getting the most out of my iMAC. It's an incredible tool that has inspired my creativity far beyond my expectations. (Garageband is a great bang for the buck..kind of like Pro-Tools Jr.!) I think I may take classes at the Apple Store in NYC. The "missing manuals" are really of very little value when tackling specific problems in detail.

Poor DVD viewing quality

This may be the wrong forum as I am not trying to burn or create a DVD, just play regular movies.
The quality is atrocious. I can barely see the movie, it's all dark and cartoonish. Also, videos on YouTube are virtually unwatchable.
Overall, the image quality is the worst I've ever seen on any computer. Is this just the way MAC's are, or is there something wrong with my particular notebook?

Hi
Sounds strange.
What kind of material did You feed iDVD ?
.avi, .wmv, .mpg4, .mp3 etc - or -
streamingDV from miniDV tape Camera
QuickTime .mov from iMovie or FinalCut ?
Else read my unsorted list on Quality
*DVD quality*
1. iDVD 08 & 09 has three levels of qualities.
iDVD 6 has the two last ones
• Professional Quality (movies up to 120 min.) - BEST
• Best Performances (movies less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD
• High Quality (in iDVD08 or 09) / Best Quality (in iDVD6) (movies up to 120 min.) - slightly lower quality than above
2. From
• FCE/P - Export out as full quality QuickTime.mov (not selfcontaining, no conversion)
• iMovie x-6 - Don't use ”Share/Export to iDVD” = destructive even to movie project and especially so
when the movie includes photos. Instead just drop or import the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
• iMovie’08 not meant to go to iDVD. Go via Media Browser or rather use iMovie HD 6 from start.
3. I use Roxio Toast™ to make an as slow burn as possibly eg x1 (in iDVD’08 or 09 this can also be set)
This can also be done with (Apple) Disk Util tool.
4. There has to be about or more than 25Gb free space on internal (start-up) hard disk. iDVD can't
use an external one as scratch disk (if it is not start-up disc).
5. Verbatim ( also recommended by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
6. DVD-R (no +R or +/-RW)
7. Keep NTSC to NTSC - or - PAL to PAL when going from iMovie to iDVD
8. Don’t burn more than three DVD at a time - but let the laser cool off for a while befor next batch.
iDVD quality also depends on.
• HOW much free space is there on Your internal (start-up) hard disk. Go for approx 25Gb.
less than 5Gb and Your result will most probably not play.
• What kind of movie project You drop into it. MPEG4 seems to be a bad choice.
other strange formats are .avi, .wmv, .flash etc. Convert to streamingDV first
Also audio formats matters. I use only .aiff or from miniDV tape Camera 16-bit
strange formats often problematic are .avi, .wmv, audio from iTunes, .mp3 etc
Convert to .aiff first and use this in movie project
• What kind of standard - NTSC movie and NTSC DVD or PAL to PAL - no mix.
(If You need to change to do a NTSC DVD from PAL material let JESDeinterlacer3.2.2 do the conversion)
(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
(US) NTSC DVDs most often are playable in EU
(EU) PAL DVDs most often needs to be converted to play in US
UNLESS. They are plabacked by a Mac - then You need not to care
• What kind of DVDs You are using. I use Verbatim DVD-R (this brand AND no +R or +/-RW)
• How You encode and burn it. Two settings prior iDVD’08 or 09
Pro Quality (only in iDVD 08 & 09)
Best / High Quality (not always - most often not)
Best / High Performances (most often my choise)
1. go to iDVD pref. menu and select tab far right and set burn speed to x1 (less errors = plays better) - only in iDVD 08 & 09
2. Project info. Select Professional Encoding - only in iDVD 08 & 09.
Region codes.
iDVD - only burn Region = 0 - meaning - DVDs are playable everywhere
DVD Studio pro can set Region codes.
1 = US
2 = EU

Sound quality issues on B540-41

I love my computer except for one thing - poor sound quality.
Whatever I try to play, everything sounds so tinny with lack of bass.
I have tried playing about with the Dolby feature but this makes it even worse.
Anyone know how I can fix the problem so I can get some bass. I have downloaded the latest drivers.
All help much appreciated.

Hi charter,
     There's really very little you can do, to get good bass out of tiny speakers. Even the most expensive TV's, and laptops, have trouble delivering "good" sound out of their internal speakers.
     Most audiophiles use an external amplifier, attached to the headphone jack, for controlling, and listening to the sound. Search "headphone jack to rca plugs" for plugs you can connect to the amp. Any amp that handles the RCA input, including a "boom box", would be an improvement, although good amps/speakers can be bought for for much less these days. I use an old Sony A/V for all my players (TV/PC/VHS/BETA/DVD/TURNTABLE). When I play videos through my PC, and A520 All-In-One, it even delivers Dolby 5.1 sound!
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After exporting a slideshow in LR5 to USB or DVD playing quality is poor. Any suggestions?

After exporting a slideshow in LR 5 to USB or DVD playing quality is poor. Any suggestions?

It would be more helpful to understand your workflow and what type files you have made.
Are you using audio from both cameras? Do the changes/problems correspond with the camera switch?
Try this with a minute of the problem footage
Export a QT reference file(export QT(not QT conversion)-uncheck make self-contained in the lower left)
(a reference file is like a band-aid- do not use more than once). Listen to it in QT- how does it sound?
If you have a mix/audio problem here it is most likely related to what you are exporting from FC.
If it sounds good:
Create an AC3 and MPG2 of your minute test
Create a DVD with a track of your 1 minute test.
Build the dvd to a folder on your desktop.
Open the Video_TS(from the build folder) in the Mac DVD player App. Whatever you see and hear in the app is exactly what will end up on the burned disc. This is the best way to QC the DVD before you burn it.

Importing a DVD sound track

Is there a way to import a sound track from a DVD into itunes then copy it to an ipod?

Audio Hijack will work, but it is a real-time process and records all sounds, including system sounds, when recording.
Instead of recording, you can "rip" the audio only from a DVD and convert it to MP3.
It is not a quick process, but it certainly can be done. I have followed this process for several concert DVDs that I own and I am quite happy with the results. Best of all, it can all be done with free software, but there is one small program to buy to give it a more professional touch and amke it much easier on the ears.
First, download OSEx. This will allow you to extract only the audio files from a DVD.
To demux/extract only the audio with OSEx, splitting the audio in one file per chapter (usually equivalent to a song for music videos):
- After starting OSex and inserting your music video DVD, make sure the correct title is selected by clicking on the "TI" button.
- Click on the "VID" button an deselect the video stream(s).
- Click on the "Aud" button and select the appropriate audio stream (usually 2 channel AC3).
- Click on the "Fmt" button and select "Elem. streams."
- Click on the "Seg" button and select "Chapter" to split the audio by track in separate files.
- Click "Begin" to start audio axtraction.
If you have a few songs that span several DVD tracks and have no break in them, you can encode them as one audio track by selecting those tracks together and encoding them as a single selection.
Then, download mAC3dec. This is a program that will convert the resulting AC3 files from OSEx into MP3s. I use the highest bitrate - 320 - so that my audio is as close to the source as possible.
Then - the finishing touch - but one that costs $10.95. It is well worth it. Download MP3 Trimmer. This sweet little program allows you to trim the beginning and ends of files off and even apply a fade in and out without re-encoding the file and eliminating the resulting loss of sound quality. This means that you can cut the applause out of the beginnings and endings of the tracks, and since you can fade in and out, you lessen the "shock" of the breaks in the tracks that can be so annoying.
All in all, it sounds harder than it actually is, but it is well worth it for a whopping $10.95 for all three programs.
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Is there any difference in sound quality in streaming music over Airport Express in IMac, MacBook Pro and iPad?

I've noticed a difference in quality when streaming my iPad wirelessly to my Yamaha receiver and high quality speakers versus my Pro or iMac. The iPad sounds like a toy in comparison to the computers. I'd like some expert advice on what I should expect from the three mentioned devices when streaming wirelessly through a pretty good audio system. Like for instance, should there be much difference in sound quality between the Pro and the iMac?

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I have a vid 80gb ipod... i got it so i could load my entire cd collection on it. because all my cds are so bulky.
My issue is when i import... then sync the ipod... take it to my car the quality of it playing thru my 12'' subwoofers is horrible. I have a alpine in dash dvd player and 2 12'' subs with amp. (the i pod is connect via a cord direct from the head unit.)
I can play the same song at volune #15 on the ipod and directly from the cd and the sound is not even comparable. The ipod barly makes the subs move but when played thru the cd they move quite a bit. Even on same volume and song?
Any help how i can eliminate that and get the same sounds quality with the ipod as the cd?? please help im getting pretty frustrated.

I tried changing the format and it still didnt seem to be any better. are one of those formats better than the other? because i still had to turn the volume up to get any reaction from the speakers (bass).

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I have read your review on the net about the MSI AIO WindTop 2400 and I bought it.
I'm disappointed with the sound quality, as I checked it`s very poor.
The sound seems to be good, but the quality is poor for the machine's prize.
HIFI speaker o SRS Premium Sound, don't add more quality.
To make a comparison a notebook have more sound quality.
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I tried changing drivers, without any change.
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You're right. The marketing information for this model implies better than average sound. At least better than what I got, since I don't have the sub-woofer. Still, 2 x 5W Speakers with a 10W Subwoofer is still pretty low-end for any PC sound system. If you can stomach your disappointment, you might want to consider something like a Logitech Z313 2.1 speaker system.
Bye.
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As is advertised "Premium Sound Technology with 2 x 5W Speaker,10W Subwoofer"
Hi-Fi Speakers SRS, etc. etc.
I expect more sound quality.
My litte Asus Eee Pc has better sound
I'm disappointed because I just want a multimedia center for a little room (tv, dvd player, pc).
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Hey- I have a brand new iPhone 5s with AT&T and I've noticed that the call sound quality is worse than my old iPhone 4. The call sound is more muffled and a lot less crisp. Is this a common issue or is it just my phone? Thank you!

When I hold my iPhone 5S in my left hand to my left ear the sound is muffled. I remember Steve Jobs saying you're holding it wrong. Although this had nothing to do with the problem we're having now it got me to thinking. I looked at my hand holding the iPhone my thumb was on the left edge with my to two Center fingers on the right edge. My index finger was up close to the noise canceling mic on the back of the phone and my palm was down by the regular mic. I could see as I talked the voice could hit my palm travel up my hand to my index finger which was close to the microphone on the back.
I called my wife on the house phone using my iPhone 5S. She said that my voice was muffled. I took my index finger away from the microphone and moved it next to my two Center fingers on the right side of the phone. This moved my palm away from the microphone at the bottom. I did this while she stayed on the line. She said that now she could hear me clearly. I then moved my index finger to completely cover the back microphone. Once again she said that the sound was still good. I then moved my index finger a small amount away from the microphone and she said that my voice was muffled again.
I believe that the way I was holding my hand acted as a megaphone to the noise canceling microphone in the back. The noise canceling microphone thought my voice was noise and was suppressing it.
I work in a noisy environment, so I like the idea of the noise canceling microphone. Going to the settings and turning off the noise canceling microphone or putting a small piece of tape over the microphone is really not a good option for me.
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Poor sound quality in timeline and export; fine in Source?

Hello all.
Newbie to Pr but experienced pro in digital audio. I'm stumped and know I'm just missing something somewhere.
I've made a music video for one of my songs. The graphics are all done (in AE), imported to Pr and eveything looks great. I import the final mix of the audio and it sounds very low quality when played from the timeline and in the final output, regardless of format (I've tried several presets and custom settings as well). I played around and noticed that the audio sounds fine when played from the Source window inside Premier.
The Pr session is comrised of 18 video tracks (not all playing at once, of course) and one stereo audio track.
I've tried re-exporting the audio from Logic at different bit depths, sample rates and file formats (mp3, wav, AAC, etc) but the results are the same every time: Source (Pr)sounds fine, Logic output sounds fine, rendered / timeline playback sounds like very low quality mp3 and final product sounds just as bad.
I've tried everything I can think of. I hope one of you can show me what I'm missing.
TIA!
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Processor 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 8 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB
Software OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)

Thank you for the reply!
I was experiencing the same results no matter what export settings I used. Plus the poor sound quality was present in the timeline itself, without even exporting the project.
I finally threw my hands up, started a completely new project, drug the same audio file in... sounded fine. Copied / Pasted the video clips from the original, broken project and boom, eveything is fixed. Yeah, corrupted Pr file it turns out. All I had to do was start a new project and import all the old components.
I've had to do this in Logic a lot (increasingly, these days). I just wish I'd tried it 10 hours earlier! Ha.
Anyway, problem solved, and thanks very much!

Poor sound quality on podcasts after upgrading to leopard

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Sorry to here about your problems since upgrading to Leopard, Charles.
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