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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Don't worry. I've got a decent surround setup and I still can't hear shit. They just don't enunciate like the theatre trained actors of the past.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Another solid point.

This feels like something a Python ninja could turn into a real cool visualization. Unfortunately I’m a python janitor.

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Do you have trouble understanding people in the real world?
How often?

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

turns up center speaker to +15dB manually dialogue is now at a reasonable volume

What is this madness? The worst part is forgetting you did that.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I did tweak mine as well tbh. Only by about 5 or so. Makes it a little better, but I do like to be able to see the words.

I just wish we had adaptive brightness for the subs. Big white text is fine until you're watching a really dark movie and now all you can see is subs at the same brightness as the sun.