1. What are the best tools for implementing RG? I have and have used Foobar and dBpoweramp for other purposes.
I use dbpoweramp when ripping (and automatically add RG album and track tags when ripping with the RG DSP). If I need to add/change RG tags after ripping (purchased downloaded files, or when I have a double album that I rip, but want both CDs to be treated as one album), I use foobar2000 (no particular reason, I could use "convert to: RG utility codec to do the same thing). Can't recall, but in foobar2000, you may need to download and install the foobar2000 component for RG. I use the option of track and album, with the method set to EBU R128, and LUFS target volume = -18. This is the dbpoweramp setting (advanced settings in RG DSP). In foobar2000, this is the default. 2. What is the general procedure for adding RG tags to files? a. Load up all your files in foobar2000, select all, then right click, then select "scan as albums (by tags)" and let her rip. b. in dbpoweramp, with batch converter, select your top level music folder, so that all your files are selected, then "Convert", then select Replay Gain utility codec from the dropdown list on the right (*not* Replay Gain (apply), as that is not a tag and changes your audio itself). Then "run" to have it add the RG tags. 3. How is reading RG tags implemented in LMS? That is, how do I turn on RG in LMS? In LMS > Settings > Player > Audio, toward the bottom look for "volume adjustment replay gain". I choose "smart gain" as this uses RG ALBUM GAIN value if playing tracks from an entire album, but RG TRACK GAIN, if playing a playlist of tracks from *different* albums. 4. I'd like to implement RG on both the collection and album bases. Is this supported in LMS? I'm not sure what you mean by this. But with both TRACK GAIN and ALBUM GAIN tags in your files, you can have LMS play things to try to match volume in every song in your collection or by ALBUM level. See my answer to #3 above. 5. In the case of playlists within LMS, my assumption is that the collection-wide RG tags are used, rather than treating the playlist as an album. The latter would be good if it's something LMS does. No, it's the former. LMS will use TRACK GAIN RG tags for playlists (assuming songs in playlist are from different albums). 6. Will implementing RG across multiple formats work within a single collection,using SB devices as players? I have a mix of flac, mp3, m4a and wma (lossless) files. I'm most concerned about the m4a and wma files. I don't want to have to convert my legacy wma files to flac, too much trouble. Yes, no problem at all. Just add ALBUM and TRACK RG values to all your files regardless of CODEC. 7. How long is it likely to take to process a whole bunch of files, probably 40k or so? Several hours. Can't recall it's been so long since I did this in a batch a decade ago. 8. Anything else I should know? Can't think of anything. Have fun! And let me know if you have any questions. And these are just metadata tag fields. They can't mess up your audio. *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.0/4TB>LMS 7.9.3>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.0/4TB>LMS 7.9.1>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet, Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win10(64)>LMS 7.9.3>Squeezelite *The Wild: *rPi3B+/pCP4.0, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone11 & iPadAir2 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) *Files:* ripping: dbpa > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112610 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
