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Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings 301
• Dual channel enables encoding of two mono tracks (e.g. different language sound
tracks) that can be switched during playback.
• Joint stereo is an optimized stereo encoder which takes advantage of the fact that the
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process, all 6 surround channels in the audio stream are encoded.
signal of both stereo channels is largely identical. Use joint stereo if you can only use
small audio bit rates, but still require a stereo signal.
5.1 Surround is available only for surround projects for burning DVDs. During this
Note! For Surround projects "Dolby
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Digital" should be selected under "Audio type", and
"5.1 Surround" under "Mode".
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playback quality. VCD requires 224 kBit/s, and for SVCDs and DVDs select a value
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Dolby® Digital Details
it rate: Here you can set the audio signal bit rate. The higher the bit rate, the better the
etween 384 kBit/s and 448 kBit/s.
Hint: These functions are available only in the "5.1 Surround" mode.
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ialog normalization: Set the dB level of spoken dialog. This value will be used to adjust
he total volume of DVD movies and different programs that can be received by the DVB.
o do this, you must first measure the volume of spoken dialogs in your movies. The values
-31 correspond to volume levels of -1 to -31 dB.
Hint: Use the mixer's peakmeter to set the volume level. This process produces only
approximate results, because the exact measurement requires a mean value and this
cannot be easily measured with MAGIX Video Pro X2.
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he displayed value serves also as a reference value for "Dynamic Range Control". Some
reas are softer so that speech can be made louder, and louder areas will be made softer
o avoid overmodulations.
Background: Action-filled movies have larger volume differences between spoken dialogs
and loud scenes (during explosions, for example). Because of this dialogs are softer than in
quieter films which can be modulated higher.
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eliminate undesirable rumbling sounds in the low frequency range. Normally, you should
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If you are dubbing a project in Samplitude/Sequoia, and have applied the LFE filter, you can
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urround mix level / Center mix level: These settings lead to an additional damping of
he surround channels and the central channel. Usually both settings are set to -3 dB.
FE channel: Switch off the LFE channel (Low Frequency Effect), e.g. if you want to
eave this option activated.
FE filter: The LFE filter is a low pass filter, which lets through only the lowest frequencies.
witch off this function here, since this filtering has already been accomplished.