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april4972 · 10-14-2006, 08:52 PM

Can one of the technical people here please tell me what the deal is please?

I have received a lot of DVDs lately and some of them have a sound issue
where the sound plays on only one side of my TV...To me, I would think this
happened because say, someone transferring from VHS to DVD didn't hook up both Audio L&R Cables but I don't know what else would cause this.

I just received a 24 DVD set of a show and it's like that too! One or two DVDs this way isn't a huge deal, I can use a Y adapter to re-do them but
a big set like that is a pain!

Thanks to anyone who knows what's happening!

wheezer210 · 10-15-2006, 01:25 AM

are they all from the same person?

april4972 · 10-15-2006, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by wheezer210

are they all from the same person?

HI Wheezer210!

Well, the 24 DVD set I'm guessing was created by 1 person, but no-several DVDs with that problem are from various people, not the same "creator."

lazygrae · 10-15-2006, 02:08 AM

Is it possible that your player that has blown a channel (if that's the proper terminology) and doesn't output on one side?

april4972 · 10-15-2006, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by lazygrae

Is it possible that your player that has blown a channel (if that's the proper terminology) and doesn't output on one side?

Hi lazygrae,

I tried the various DVDs in different players and with different TVs so it's just the DVDs themselves. I received a couple of emails about this matter and was told that the problem will not occur on a MONO TV (which I don't have) and someone else said their Plasma TV fixes these errors. I can fix them by hooking up the Y Adapter and splitting the audio, which I have done on 1 but it's a time consuming thing as it has to be done in real time, of course! I believe it's an issue of not hooking up the cables when someone made the DVDs but it could be something else is why I was asking...

Thanks!
Steph

lordsmurf · 10-15-2006, 07:29 AM

The DVDs are made badly, either with a Panasonic in mono mode, or with a setup where a cable fell out of the audio channel. I've seen this before.

wheezer210 · 10-15-2006, 09:46 AM

it can be "fixed" but you won't have true stereo, it would be dual mono...it depends on how much time you wanna spend, because it would take a lot of time. You are basically looking at ripping them, getting the audio from each episode duplicating whichever channel is putting out audio, then re-authoring with the dual audio track you created.

It is not complicated, but very time consuming.

y2k3Joker · 10-15-2006, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordsmurf

The DVDs are made badly, either with a Panasonic in mono mode, or with a setup where a cable fell out of the audio channel. I've seen this before.

Damn Panasonic, root of all evil in this world.

jie3 · 10-15-2006, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by y2k3Joker

Damn Panasonic, root of all evil in this world.

Yeah, remember the time when they were the be all and end all of electronics?

How the mighty have fallen :bsod:

J

10-14-2006, 08:52 PM	#1
april4972 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 03, 2004 Location: USA Posts: 432	Sound Issues-Technical Question Can one of the technical people here please tell me what the deal is please? I have received a lot of DVDs lately and some of them have a sound issue where the sound plays on only one side of my TV...To me, I would think this happened because say, someone transferring from VHS to DVD didn't hook up both Audio L&R Cables but I don't know what else would cause this. I just received a 24 DVD set of a show and it's like that too! One or two DVDs this way isn't a huge deal, I can use a Y adapter to re-do them but a big set like that is a pain! Thanks to anyone who knows what's happening!

10-15-2006, 02:08 AM	#4
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10-15-2006, 01:25 AM	#2
wheezer210 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 115	are they all from the same person?

10-15-2006, 07:29 AM	#6
lordsmurf Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 08, 2005 Posts: 155	The DVDs are made badly, either with a Panasonic in mono mode, or with a setup where a cable fell out of the audio channel. I've seen this before.

10-15-2006, 09:46 AM	#7
wheezer210 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 115	it can be "fixed" but you won't have true stereo, it would be dual mono...it depends on how much time you wanna spend, because it would take a lot of time. You are basically looking at ripping them, getting the audio from each episode duplicating whichever channel is putting out audio, then re-authoring with the dual audio track you created. It is not complicated, but very time consuming.