Viewers can’t isolate the sounds they want in a mix
Some movie viewers struggle to make dialogue stand out from music and effects, while some sports viewers want crowd audio without the rest of the broadcast. Their playback options don’t consistently let them choose which parts of a mix to hear, so viewers may miss lines or mute the sound entirely. A separate audio-sampling request in the evidence is adjacent, but not part of this core problem.
For home movie and sports viewers. Mentioned from Feb 2024 to Jun 2025 on Bluesky and Hacker News.
4 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 4.0/10
- Pain
- 6.0/10
- Frequency
- 5.8/10
- Willingness to pay
- 5.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- High
What people said
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There are SO many lines that just get *lost*. (FTR, this is NOT disagreeing with you. I wish there were a way to ensure GOOD vocals reproduction to reduce the "Huh?")
I wish there was an option for a sound mix that let you hear the dialog without annoying your neighbours with the music and sound effects
laurencerowe on Hacker NewsApr 2025
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