After reading this and many other threads I thought I would post my experiences of applying Smart Gain to my 13,500 track library. I decided to use Foobar2000 which was really easy to use. There are some helpful instructions at: http://www.bobulous.org.uk/misc/Replay-Gain.html
If you haven't use Foobar2000 before then I found the interface confusing. I added in my music directory and nothing came up on the front page (like it would on iTunes). You need to read the instructions properly (unlike me) and go to the Library view and then scan from there. Anyway I tried it on one album and it worked great so I then took a deep breath and applied it to my whole library (knowing it was only going to add some tags which I could wipe if things went wrong). Anyway, my 13,500 tracks took 8h52 to scan!! This is on a 4 year old single core 3GHz Pentium. Beware if you think it's going to be quick. You then have to hit Update File Tags and it took another 4-5hours. Basically if you have a library the size of mine with a PC like mine then wake up, set it running and it might be done by the time you go to bed. So far everything looks fine, but I am going to use MP3Tag to add the new fields in to check for rogue values. HTH CW -- Chunkywizard *Squeezebox:* Boom *Squeezecenter:* 7.4-25688 for Windows Home Server (HP EX-475 MediaSmart Server with 2GB RAM upgrade) *Plugins:* Dynamic Playlists 2.7 | SQL Playlist 2.4 | Music Information Screen 4.37 | Custom Scan 2.6 | TrackStat 2.8 *Remote:* iPod Touch Gen. 1 running 'iPeng' (http://penguinlovesmusic.de/2008/11/25/ipeng-application-now-on-app-store/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chunkywizard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60836 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
