[MPlayer-users] FWD: Feature request

[Alexander Roalter]

The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> -Audio pitch automatically corrected if playback speed-up or down
>> (voices are comprehensible even in 2x)
> 
> I have not noticed pitch differences when playing too-fast-by-default
> files slowed down with the -speed option.
> 
The pitch is noticeable, if not on speech, then at least on music. Just 
play a DVD with the universal logo in front at normal speed (I'm talking 
about a PAL DVD) and then at 0.96 speed (= 24fps). The tonal difference 
is about half a tone.

Auto pitch correction though is not something I wanted on by default. I 
play all my PAL dvds @ 24fps thus getting the original pitch as it would 
be from a NTSC dvd (or in the cinema). Only very few DVDs have already a 
pitch-corrected soundtrack, where the sound then would be too low. At 
this point a pitch heightening would be useful (but there is already a 
plugin for it, although I didn't try it yet)

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cheers,
Alex