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I'm curious about what proportion of potential viewers have a surround sound setup as opposed to standard stereo for when watching movies/edits.
I'm doing all my editing in 5.1 (as that is the source and there are various technical advantages), but not sure if I should have the final versions in surround sound, or just downmix to stereo.
Ideally, I would like to have the final versions in 5.1 just like the source, but I don't have a surround system myself and so can't truly test what it sounds like. I've found that when rendering the final versions and listen back in stereo they tend to sound slightly different, a little quieter and almost "muddy" when watching in VLC, whereas when previewing the video in Mac OS it sounds fine just as it did in the editor.
As much as I'd like to have them in 5.1, I might just output in stereo so that I can hear for myself exactly how it sounds and to be sure that everyone is going to be hearing the same thing, rather than provide surround sound files which will likely be listened to on stereo equipment with varying results.
Any thoughts?
I'm doing all my editing in 5.1 (as that is the source and there are various technical advantages), but not sure if I should have the final versions in surround sound, or just downmix to stereo.
Ideally, I would like to have the final versions in 5.1 just like the source, but I don't have a surround system myself and so can't truly test what it sounds like. I've found that when rendering the final versions and listen back in stereo they tend to sound slightly different, a little quieter and almost "muddy" when watching in VLC, whereas when previewing the video in Mac OS it sounds fine just as it did in the editor.
As much as I'd like to have them in 5.1, I might just output in stereo so that I can hear for myself exactly how it sounds and to be sure that everyone is going to be hearing the same thing, rather than provide surround sound files which will likely be listened to on stereo equipment with varying results.
Any thoughts?