Torchwood 2x03 To The Last Man HDTV XviD-FoV

it ran smoothly for me. played it in vlc player. as usual, the sound effects
where way too loud in comparision to the sound. but other then that, the encode
is great.

if the audio is like the first couple ripped by fov, it is strangely muted, the
interesting thing is if you get the pdtv river rips, the audio is louder, and
you get less variation between the background music and dialogue.

on the downside river seems to use a lesser bit rate on sound, so slightly
better pic but only around 113kbs audio compared to 128 or so on the hdtv rips.

i'd say it's down to the source, maybe, when you watch the hr rip of episode
one, it's not as bad, but still there...

the hdtv encodes have ac3 5.1 audio as source and so this has to be converted to
2 channels. maybe not enough emphasis is being given to the center channel,
however it's strange that it isn't an issue for most people.

.. and the more emphasis given to center (voice) channel, the less seperation
there will be between the left and right channels. i'm sure people would
complain about that too.

this show is aired in high def, 720p with 5.1 ac3 audio. downsampling to stereo
will affect the dialogue if you ask me.

when watching this show in hd, with a good 5.1 speakerset, there is no problem
at all.

you might wanna try boosting the voice channel within the ac3filter settings?


great show! where the hell are the 720p's lately on this site!? come on eztv ..
don't loose yourself!

at least for the two first episodes the sound volume was out of balance. did
not notice anything at this one.

first two had to watch with hand on volume control as you can barely hear the
talking but the post edited title music is playd with full volume.

yes i noticed this(since i always watch torchwood at night and with a headset).
thankfully there aren't a lot of sound effects in torchwood, so i just lower the
volume a little when you can tell there's going to be a "in your face!" moment
with the effects. tried fixing it in settings, but i grew tired of it when i
didn't find a solution.

this wrecche twat is a fuckin asshole. he's always dissing people on here. get
a life you twat. does my capitals piss you off

i tend to get the madmartha rips of torchwood and dr who. always spectacular
rips, never had a problem with them. (look for the torrents with [mm] at the
end). usually awesome speeds too, even on my crappy connection.

me too. it's better quality. but i always download the first one that's
uploaded. not that big of a difference tbh.

the volume is the same on both releases, fov and mm.
i too noticed the low volume in previous episodes, but it doesn't bother me.

to those interested:
great show; a/v sinc and encoding are ok.

since my dvd player for my tv plays avi, mpg, divx, mp4 i use my surround sound
system to compensate the low audio levels for the dialog. just turn up the
center speaker volume (it handles the dialog/voice) and turn down the the main
volume (rt left and rear speakers) until the dialog/voice is louder than the
music and sfx.

yeah actually to update, the first two episodes were way out of balance between
music and dialogue etc, i also had a hand on the volume control for those, but
this rip was fine, balance was good, perfect rip.

and as for the suggestion to get hr rips, nice in theory, but the release/seed
groups have let us down there this year, so far even though the scene released
hr rips, you can only find a hr of the first episode, and that was done by a
person and not any site or group.

actually it's been weird for releases lately, you see like 4 release versions
on some stuff, and barely one for others, i suppose it's popularity based, but
it sucks if you won't touch dsr's, or just want a hr of something like this.

i loved season one, but the first episode sucked balls, literally and
figuratively. is the writing getting any better?

there are more writers now, better chance for more unique episodes. this one was
best so far, but i am still expecting much more.