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Clipped Audio Tracks

Kreeep

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Okay. I've come across this a few times when examining audio tracks for films. Is there a good explanation for what I see below?

Kill Bill Vol. 1 16-bit L-PCM 5.1 from Blu-ray:

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Kill Bill Vol. 1 DTS 5.1 from Japanese DVD (Ignore extra length. Due to it being the uncut version of the film):

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Practically the same audio mix, with the volume cranked loud enough on the Blu-ray to cause clipping. Is Audacity just reading these incorrectly at all? If not, how common is it that audio tracks on Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs get the dynamic range butchered due to clipping?

I was hoping to piece together the higher quality audio from the Blu-rays and inserting audio for the uncut scenes from the Japanese DVD to be used for "Whole Bloody Affair" fan edits. Looking at what I see above, I'm not sure whether it's worthwhile now.
 

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If you zoom out the waves you'll probably see it's not clipping that much it's just there's no headroom at all during the loud scenes like there is in the Japanese dvd. I've seen clipping every once in a while but usually not as much as what you've shown. As long as it sounds good I wouldn't worry. Not an expert on film audio mixes though.
 

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Unfortunately even when zooming out there is a faaiir biit of clipping. With that said, at least on my setup it's difficult to hear a discernable difference anyways. Thanks for the reply.
 
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