SOUNDS LIKE HOLLYWOOD
Home videos famous for their poor audio quality could soon be made to sound like Hollywood epics.
Dolby Laboratories has developed a consumer version of the software that professional film makers use to record multi-channel surround sound for their DVD soundtracks.
Called Digital 5.1 Creator, the software pans the stereo sound recorded by a camcorder to make it appear to follow the object producing it: an aircraft roaring overhead, for example, or a barking dog running around the camera. The enhanced sound can then be burnt onto a DVD along with the video footage.
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