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downmix

French translation: mixer vers le bas

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English term or phrase:downmix
French translation:mixer vers le bas
Entered by: Yolanda Broad

05:02 Jul 31, 2003
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Media / Multimedia / video editing
English term or phrase: downmix
There are two settings to tell the AC-3 decoder how to downmix the AC-3 stream. The decoder will always downmix multi-channel audio streams (such as 5.1 audio with five full channels and one low frequency effects channel) to two channel stereo, since this is all most editing programs and computers can handle
litanae
United States
Local time: 07:21
mixer vers le bas
Explanation:
et mixer vers le haut pour upmix.

Dans les manuels des haut-parleurs Creative, upmix ou downmix n'est pas traduit.
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eirinn
Canada
Local time: 10:21
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4 +1sous-mixer
Paul Berthelot
2mixer vers le bas
eirinn


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sous-mixer


Explanation:
ref eurodicautom
Definition a matrixing of n channels to obtain less than n channels

Reference ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 NO703, Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio, 1994, Section 2.1
(1)
TERM downmix

Reference ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 NO703, Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio, 1994, Section 2.1

Note {DOM} audio / video signal management
{GRM} n.



(1)
TERM sous-mixage

Reference Recommandation BS.1196 - Codage audio pour la radiodiffusion de télévision numérique par voie de Terre, 1998, UIT

Note {DOM} traitement du signal audio / vidéo
{GRM} n.m.



Paul Berthelot
Local time: 16:21
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
mixer vers le bas


Explanation:
et mixer vers le haut pour upmix.

Dans les manuels des haut-parleurs Creative, upmix ou downmix n'est pas traduit.

eirinn
Canada
Local time: 10:21
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
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