[BC] Radio audio delay for TV

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In a message dated 06/01/2006 02:03:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
radiotech at bellsouth.net writes:

>  It seemed that most 
>  of the shifting occurred around the commercial breaks. I was unable to 
>  confirm if it was creeping inside the program segments.

They're probably using the TV equavalent to the "CA$H" audio box... based on 
user settings, it looks for and "secretly" snips-out silences in a program, 
with the purpose of giving the broadcaster more time for spots. Adding :60 
seconds to an hour is quite undetectable, because the bits it drops are rather 
small. Start cranking it up to drop more, and it becomes noticable.

I noticed this a couple years back when "Who wants to be a Millionaire" was 
popular, and they had an online version you could play as the show aired. When 
I tuned in to the local UHF station on my portable (next to the computer) I 
noticed a considerable time-shift from what was coming through the Cable System 
that my wife was watching. It also varied when the spots aired. If memory 
serves, the Cable version was in sync with the online, but the local was not... it 
may have been the other way around, I don't quite remember. It sure did seem 
odd, though.

Now, we just have to deal with the very annoying pixellation on the YES 
channel, every time the scene changes quickly. The codec is a tad slow, it seems.

Willie...