Cyberlink PowerDVD audio output query

uvarvu · 28 Jul 2009 at 06:53

I've noticed that the audio from blu-ray playback is generally very quiet but the volume can suddenly increase during playback of explosions etc. I have to constantly adjust the volume when I watch films which is very annoying.

I have a hifi-set up and the audio is routed via HDMI to my monitor and then to my hi-fi with an interconnect. I checked my speaker settings and they are at 2.0 which is consistent with my setup.

Does anyone know why the playback is so quiet?

AbsenceJam · 28 Jul 2009 at 09:41

Loud things are louder, it's how it's meant to be. Enable DRC in PowerDVD, it'll limit the range of audio.

rG-tom · 29 Jul 2009 at 18:45

also, watching any 5.1 source with 2.0 is going to make parts with talking absolutely crap, at least get yourself a centre speaker!

vila · 29 Jul 2009 at 19:27

If the blu ray has a dolby stereo / or surround track listen to that instead and the player wont be trying to downmix 5.1 to stereo

neil_g · 29 Jul 2009 at 20:10

is it downmixing properly? otherwise youll be getting practically no dialogue audio and all the background/action sounds.

uvarvu · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:53

I found the settings I think. One setting was in powerDVD and the other was under my sound card settings. Everything sounds so much better now!