Loud Commercials

[soccerdad]

On my HD QAM recordings the commercials sound normal on my server but sometimes are VERY loud on my client. I have tried all the audio codecs, and am using the same ones on both the server and the client. Has anyone had to deal with this in the past? It is like they are coded differently and the client somehow processes them louder.

I know the solution is to get comskip dialed in for HD, but only have it about half way there.

[fuzzweed]

Some audio drivers offer something like dynamic range compression (DRC), it maybe called theater mode or late night mode, etc.
Perhaps this option is set differntly on the two machines.