User`s manual

Dolby
®
Media Meter 2 User’s Manual iii
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Dolby Media Meter Overview......................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Installing Dolby Media Meter
2.1 Installing Dolby Media Meter 2 on a Mac............................................................................3
2.2 Installing Dolby Media Meter on a PC ................................................................................3
2.3 Using the Dolby Media Producer iLok ................................................................................4
Chapter 3 Measuring Loudness
3.1 Measuring Equivalent Loudness ........................................................................................5
3.2 Measurement Modes: Short Term vs Infinite......................................................................6
3.2.1 Infinite Mode ............................................................................................................6
3.2.2 Short-Term Mode.....................................................................................................6
3.3 Measuring with the Stand-Alone Product ...........................................................................7
3.4 Measuring with the Plug-Ins ...............................................................................................9
3.5 Measuring with the AudioSuite Plug-In.............................................................................11
3.6 File-Naming Conventions That Ensure Automatic File Selection .....................................12
Chapter 4 Configuring the Meter
4.1 Measurement Algorithm ...................................................................................................17
4.2 Short-Term Window..........................................................................................................17
4.3 Peak Measurement Type .................................................................................................17
4.4 Level Meters .....................................................................................................................17
4.5 Limiter...............................................................................................................................17
4.6 Measurements Displayed .................................................................................................17
4.7 Graphing...........................................................................................................................17
4.8 Warnings ..........................................................................................................................18
Chapter 5 Understanding the Log and the Graph
5.1 Reading the Log ...............................................................................................................19
5.2 Viewing the Graph ............................................................................................................20
Appendix A Dolby Loudness Product Comparison
A.1 Measuring a Single Center Channel in a 5.1 Program .....................................................21
A.2 Measuring a Stereo Program ...........................................................................................22
A.3 Measuring with Dialogue Intelligence On and Speech Absent.........................................22
A.4 Measuring a 5.1 Program .................................................................................................22