[mythtv-users] Sound track overwhelmingly the dialog (HD sound)

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 10, 2007, at 11:58 PM, Jon Boehm wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm running alsa digital audio out to a 5.1 receiver.  Tonight I
> recorded Bionic Women in HD off of NBC.  The audio track was Dolby
> Digital but I couldn't understand 1/2 the scenes because the music  
> sound
> track volume totally drowned out the dialog.  Has anyone seen this
> problem before.  ABC was fine but NBC was unwatchable.  The  
> commercials
> during the Bionic Women were fine but the show it self had problems.
>
> I assume this was problem with the feed but I wanted to confirm before
> calling to complain.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

Sounds like you were only listening to 2 of the 5.1 channels. Dialog  
happens mostly in the center speaker so if you're only getting the  
left and right signals, you won't hear much of it.