[mythtv-users] messed up audio tracks?

[Steve Greene]

I've seen a few instances where an audio description track (for the blind)
was played instead of normal audio.


Steve Greene
(301) 842-8923
historicity.co
An independent archival professional specializing in still photography,
moving images and recorded sound.


On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 3:07 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In a recent recording of a CBS program, The Equalizer, I noticed something
> weird.  When the playback started it had the last part of a commercial and
> then the program started with what had happened in previous episodes.  I
> could hear the background noise, but there was no dialogue from the
> actors.  I could see their lips move, but nothing came out of their mouths
> that you could hear.  I skipped by 10 minutes through the recording and
> found that the sound changed from messed up to normal several times.  While
> the audio was without dialogue, I used the Menu function and changed audio
> track from 1 - English 5.1 to 2 - Spanish and what I heard was English
> dialogue and background noise along with an announcer describing the scene
> as if for blind views.
>
> I've tested this on every type of Frontend I have.  Linux PC mythfrontend,
> Nvidia Shield Leanfront and mythfrontend, and Kodi with kodi-pvr-mythtv.
> They all behaved the same way.
>
> My assumption is there was some heavy drinking at CBS or my local
> affiliate that night.
>
> Has anyone seen this type of behavior before?
>
> Jim A.
>
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