DVD Voices

POSTED BY: AnObjectinSpace
UPDATED: Thursday, February 16, 2006 16:22
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ANOBJECTINSPACE

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 8:51 AM

So I got my DVD today in the mail. Cam inside put it in the DVD and played it.

On the DVD the voices sound much higher Pitched and Kaylee barely sounds like the Kaylee from the Series. Is this just something I missed when I saw it in the Cinema? Or have they changed the voices on the Aussie DVD's?

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"It's just an Object"

INKSWITHBRUSH

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 9:50 AM

I'm guessing here since I have yet to see the DVD.

It could have something to do with the different frame rates between the theatrical release (24 frames per second) and the DVD (25 frames per second) The Compression process may have pitched up the voices a bit.

Another guess is that it was converted from the NTSC master that was used for the Zone 1 release. That means it was converted from 30 frames per second to 25.

I'm not mister 'Tecnical know all DVD guru man' I could be all wrong.

JYNNANTONNYX

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 11:15 AM

Thank god somebody else noticed. I thought it sounded really strange too. I saw the movie yesterday for the first time (only got into Firefly after the movie was finished the cinema here in Australia :( )
Loved it, though i was a sobbing mess at the end ... don't wanna make any spoilers for other people who havn't seen it but ... the sad thing...near the end ... was over very quick which kinda upset me ... felt there should be more lamenting, if that's the right word.
But yes, in answer to your question, I thought the voices sounded a lot more high pitched than in the tv series, Kaylee was especially noticable.

ANOBJECTINSPACE

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 11:17 AM

I ask to those who have the US editions, do the voices sound more high pitched or rather differant to those in the Series?

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"It's just an Object"

HUMBUG

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 11:50 AM

I haven't heard (or seen) the region 2/region 4 DVD of Serenity. But I have the Region 1......

My brother only ever buys Region 1 DVD's because he says there's a difference between how PAL an NTSC pictures are played on TV's. They show a different number of pictures per second. I can't remember exactly how many (see Inkswithbrush's post above)..... but the upshot is that NTSC plays the right speed and PAL a little faster. My brother says only PAL DVD's/Videos marked with THX has the sound the same frequency as NTSC.

So, if you've noticed that the sound is a little higher, that's because the PAL copies were created from NTSC, and the sound was not converted using THX. Therefore, the pictures will be a little faster too!! Bummer for all of us with PAL!!!!!

But I read on www.3cd-wow.com that the Region 3 DVD (South Asia) has that extra that is on the Australian and British copies: A Filmmakers Journey, and the encoding is NTSC!!! R1 and R3 Serenity DVD's list the time of the film as 119 mins, but the R2 & R4 is only 115 mins.

So, if you really want it at US speed, and you have a multi-region player, try that!!!!

Oh yes. I have both regions of Firefly (NTSC 675 mins, PAL 625 mins), and the R1 is so cool, because the voices are deeper, and in moments of tension or suspense (or humour) just that extra beat (a second or two) makes all the difference.... And Jayne sound sexier with a deeper sounding voice!!! Gorram it, they all do!!!!! And River's accent in Shindig sounds almost British (well, originated from Cockney anyway). Hhhmmmm, I wonder if Spike and Drusilla sound better in R1??!! It's food for thought!!!

Humbug

"You know what the first rule of flying is?... Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home." Mal, BDM

DONCOAT

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 10:32 PM

The region 1 version sounds the same as the theatrical release, as far as I can tell (and allowing for differences in sound systems).

The speed difference between NTSC and PAL is about 4%, so the running time difference is right on the money.

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

ANOBJECTINSPACE

Thursday, February 9, 2006 6:32 AM

I can understand that but the voices sound a lot differant at times. Especially Kalyee, her voice now sounds very high and Dtizy, when I first heard it I was shocked and thought maybe they dubbed it, but the Lips moved at the right time with the right sounds. But never the less it is kind of a a bummer on a brilliant DVD.

Are there any Other Aussies or people that have the Aussie DVD which have noticed this difference to the voices?

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"It's just an Object"

JYNNANTONNYX

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:36 PM

Regions and coding is all very confusing. But I can't help wondering that if that were so, then wouldn't the Firefly dvd set sound different (...but then we wouldn't hear a difference anyway...oh god...brain hurts).

Maybe Firefly was recorded differently...?

INDIANABANZAI

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:04 AM

Just got my R4 Aussie DVD, and yeah, the voices, sounds, music ALL sound slightly sped up.

ANOBJECTINSPACE

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:26 AM

Thats a good point, shouldn't the voices on FireFly sound much like that of the Movie if they were both sped up. When ever I watch it now It makes me cringe at their voices.

Some bits seem a little fast on the movie... Could they have been encoded to Region 4 from differant types of Media or would that not make any differance?

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"It's just an Object"

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