Netflix volume fluctuates?

qu
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I always watch netflix on TV on my ps4. Every time I film action, for example, I have to constantly adjust the volume (especially at night). In normal conversations in the film, I adjust the volume so that I understand everything. But as soon as an action scene comes up, my eardrums fly out of my head because it's so loud. If you then turn down to an appropriate volume, you no longer understand a word in the dialog scenes.

Does anyone know why the volume fluctuates so that it really excites.

mi

This is due to the film itself 🤷♂️

qu

It is the same with everyone

mi

Yes

Zo

Conversations are actually much quieter than explosions, e.g.

qu

No I mean it doesn't matter which film I have the problem every time

qu

Yes, of course, but it can't be that you have to change the volume drastically every 5 minutes in a film is not like that anywhere else

Zo

That's just an action film, itch the new joker, apart from the pool it's mostly the same

Pa

No idea why this is so I watched PS4 until 2 months ago and I had the same problem. Not on the PC or on the television.

KP what Sony is doing wrong there

El

This is not because of Netflix or your TV but because of the film.

Wouldn't it be completely illogical if two people were talking in the film, and in the next scene cars explode at exactly the same volume, buildings collapse and gunshots are fired? An action scene should be loud so that it appears realistic, impressive and entertaining to the viewer and has its effect. The soundscape, like a certain camera perspective or a certain cut, is a stylistic device that should have an effect on the viewer. And that also includes representing the volume of events as realistically as possible, which is why films have this so-called dynamic range, i.e. A difference in volume between the loudest and quietest sounds. The sound designers then have to coordinate this as optimally as possible during production and find a balance between realism or stylistic effect on the one hand and a volume that is consistently pleasant for the viewer on the other. And they orientate themselves above all on how the film sounds and works in the cinema, because films are made for the cinema.

If there's a particularly loud scene in the cinema, we don't mind. Firstly, the visual experience there's very different from at home: there's no problem that someone could wake up because of the loud sound. There we concentrate (ideally) only on the film, so that the sound and the dynamics can develop their intended effect. On the other hand, the acoustics in a cinema hall are optimally designed for films, and the acoustic properties can be precisely controlled by the people of the sound design. The rooms are constructed in such a way that the sound is perfectly reflected by the walls, and the sound comes from surround sound boxes, which are used with known systems e.g. Dolby Atmos work. So the sound designers know the technology there and can perfectly assess how the film sounds there. Even loud scenes have a very differentiated sound, because the sounds come perfectly coordinated from different directions. At home, however, many have at most stereo sound, every television has a different sound and the sound is not optimally reflected in the living room, e.g. Because the room is not symmetrical, which means that directional listening no longer works. What sounds impressively loud in the cinema and at the same time clear and differentiated sounds confused at home, indistinct and therefore uncomfortably loud.