Subject: Re: Audio strangeness on 12-JAN-91 From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) Date: 1991-01-18, 15:29 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Reply-to: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca In article <18979@shlump.nac.dec.com>, boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Cisco's Buddy) writes: > > In article <62082@bbn.BBN.COM>, sminkin@bbn.com (Scott Minkin) writes... > > > > } Did anyone but me notice that the audio for the voice dropped out at > > } several different points during this TP? > > > > People in this newsgroup from other parts of the country have made the > > same observation about previous episodes, but this is the first time that > > it's occurred on WCVB. > > > > It apparently has something to with the surround sound encoding (or more > > properly, decoding) on the local affiliate's end. Dolby Surround Sound needs no decoding by the TV station. The decoding is done by your ears! Surround Sound plays with the mix of Left + Right and Left - Right. All the audio should have been handled by the TV production company, maybe THEY screwed up.