Gaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS™

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it in Atmos and spatial audio threads as a knowledgeable critique of why the format rarely delivers.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Benn Jordan

Topic

dolby atmos

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Someone else posted this down in the bottom of a comment thread somewhere, but I think it deserves to be at the top level: [VIDEO] This is a smart, motivated audio engineer talking about Atmos. Quick summary: it's awful when it works perfectly, and it …

• You can get very cheap digital to digital audio hardware that can convert any multi-channel audio stream (DRM or otherwise) to straight multi-channel PCM. I personally, occasionally, use an RME Babyface Pro (not cheap) for this purpose, but there are many options available. You can …

• I found this video by Benn Jordan very enlightening about the whole Atmos nonsense: "Gaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS" [VIDEO] TL;DW: It's just not worth it. (but do watch it to understand why)