User`s manual

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Media Meter 2 User’s Manual
A.2 Measuring a Stereo Program
LM100
TheLM100canbesettomeasureastereo programfromeitheranAESpair,DolbyE,or
DolbyDigitaltwo‐channelprogram.
Dolby Media Meter 2
DolbyMediaMeter2providesseveralmeasurementmethodscomparabletothatofthe
LM100:
•IntheDolbyMediaMeter2RTASplug‐in,theplug‐incanbeinsertedonthestereo
outputbusofProTools.
•IntheAudioSuiteplug‐in,theplug‐incanbeinsertedonthetwo‐channelinpu
tfilein
theProToolseditsectio nforcontentthatisalreadymixedandbeingconformedfor
encoding(forexample,forDVDorBlu‐rayDisc).
•IntheDolbyMediaMeter2stand‐aloneapplication,thetwo‐channelLeftandRight
files,orthetwo‐channelencodedfile,canbeselected
.
A.3 Measuring with Dialogue Intelligence On and Speech Absent
MeasuringaprogramwithDialogueIntelligence enabledandnodetectedspeechresults
indifferentindicationsdependingonwhichDolbyproductyouuse.
•TheLM100andtheDolbyMediaMeter2RTASplug‐in,whichoperateasreal‐time
meters,willdisplaytheflashingeariconuntildialogueisdetected.Ifnodialogueis
de
tected,thedisplaywillcontinuetoflashthroughouttheprogrammeasurement.
•TheDolbyMediaMeter2AudioSuiteandstand‐aloneversions,whichoperateas
non‐real‐timemeters,willdisplay
No Speech Detectedaftercompletionofthe
programmeasurement.
•TheDP600measurementcanbesettoreverttoanoverallloudnessmeasurement,asif
DialogueIntelligencewasdisabled.
A.4 Measuring a 5.1 Program
DolbyMediaMeter2usesthelatestadvancementsinmeasurementtechniques,asdoesthe 
DP600.DolbyMediaMeter2providesseveralmeasurementmethodscomparabletothat
oftheDP600:
•IntheDolbyMediaMeter2RTASplug‐in,theplug‐incanbeinsertedona
multichanneloutputbusofProTools.
Note: RememberthatProToolsalwaysinsertsbothRTASandAudioSuiteplug‐insas
prefader.InsertingthemeterontheinputsectionofProToolswhenmix
automationispresentwillnotgiveameasurementthatwillmatchthefinalmixed
output.