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Hi there, do you know if there is a way to disable laugh tracks from sitcoms? I really would like to rewatch some shows like King of Queens but I can't bear the constant laughing in the background. Cheers

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the power of an annoyed programmer

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I think this (mild/moderate annoyance) is probably the most common reason for inventing things. From cars to remote controls.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I don't like sitcoms in general but the fact someone made this is funnier to me than any sitcom I have ever seen and I have my own laughing track going on in here right now.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember trying to filter out the vuvuzelas during the African world cup I mainly failed and just gave up on that whole tournament.

Seeing this makes me think if it happens again I might have better lick.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems possible. I dabbled in audio engineering, you can train a filter to remove specific noise, specifically background noise of a location.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If I remember correctly, they did that on TV after some time. But the improved audio still wasn't good.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks man, I do not understand completely how to do this but will read into it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Wow. Super impressive. Guess with today's technology you could do it pretty much 100%. I saw that model that lets you separate music into separate tracks for guitar, vocals, drums, ... Guess something like that could even separate the laughs from the next actor resuming to speak.

Kind of also reminds me of those videos where they stabilize / de-shake Star Trek. There are some scenes where the ship gets shot at for example. And the actors act that out and the camera is shaking too and a bit at an angle. Looks funny once that camera shake is removed.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago