That documentation is interesting. Do you know of similar documentation for other TV show and movie streaming services? The main ones that I use are Netflix, Hulu, Amazon instant video, and VUDU.They have a spec for content. https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/categories/202282037-SPECIFICATIONS-GUIDES
What search query/queries did you use, and what search engine? If you tell me, I can try it.Haven't searched for others, only Netflix.
Querying Bing with [Netflix technical specifications] (without the brackets) puts the page that you linked to at the top of my search results. I am about to try [Vudu technical specifications -gun -site:vuduoptics.com -site:eotechgear.com] (apparently, VUDU is the name of some gun accessories, and obviously that isn't what I'm looking for, so I put - next to some things that I want Bing to exclude from search results).What search query/queries did you use, and what search engine? If you tell me, I can try it.
I just popped one of my Blu-rays--Ghost--into my Xbox, went to settings and disabled 'allow my receiver to decode audio', then played a dialog-only scene, then opened VUDU (where I own that same movie), and played that same scene, and the volume on VUDU was considerably louder.
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I did another experiment with that same movie on VUDU, and set the volume level during the dialog-only scene on to what felt comfortable to my ears. That scene is followed immediately by an action scene, and I watched and listened to a part of both scenes. Then I went to the dialog scene on my Blu-ray copy in the Blu-ray Player app, set the volume level to what felt comfortable to my ears, and watched and listened to the same moments I had just watched and listened to on VUDU. On Blu-ray, the action scene seemed to be louder than on VUDU. Those two scenes together seemed to have wider dynamic audio range on Blu-ray than on VUDU. Why? I think I read somewhere that audio bit rate sets a maximum allowable dynamic range, so maybe that has something to do with it. It would be nice if, on Xbox One, there was a way to find out the streaming audio bitrate and video bitrate on VUDU, Amazon Video, etc. This is possible on Netflix by pressing down on the right thumbstick while a video is playing.
There is no reason to believe BD audio track is the same as streaming services, dynamic range wise. Audio tracks on BD should have more dynamic range and hence slightly softer or lower volume.
