Quoting MrSinatra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > kdf, u should definitely check out lametagGUI, its a very nice app that > doesn't "install" on your system, you just nav to a mp3, double click > it, and it immediately shows you whats in the lame tag. > > http://phwip.f2o.org/audio#lametag
thanks. I'll make a note to check it out tonight. > i gather from what all of you are saying, that even if it were there > [in the lame tag], SS wouldn't see it anyway, right? b/c SS apparently > either ignores LAME tags altogehter, OR it ignores ReplayGain values in > LAME tags at the very least. > > ...is that correct? basically yes. If slimserver isn't looking for a given tag, then it won't end up in the database and won't appear on the songinfo page. > ok, but does that mean in ID3v2.3 tags? as opposed to being in LAME > tags? yes, I was referring to ID3 tags. APE V2 tags are also valid. > first, must the value be in a ID3v2.3 tag? If I am reading the code correctly, yes. > second, what is the value's field called? RVAD, RVA, RVA2 seem to be the ID3 names. > third, should this value be recalculated? or would it be better to > simply copy the LAME Tags value into the new ID3v2.3 field? I can't really answer that, as I am not sure of what the difference might be between the LAME tags and ID3 tag values for Replaygain. I'd expect they should only need to be copied. > fourth, do i want or need to do analysis for albums? why, if each > track itself is adjusted to 83db? you don't *need* to, but some albums may have been designed by the artist to be particularly quiet for certain tracks compare to others. So, when listening to an entire album, slimserver can be set up to use the Album Gain, which would instead be based on normalising against the average volume across the album. > fifth, what program does all this best, without adjusting the audio > file itself? I use foobar. I can't say it's the best, but it does only set tags. No altering of the audio for the replay gain operations. > sorry for how long and complex this reply was, but the whole issue has > me thoroughly confused, and i think i am missing a major piece of > understanding this puzzle. thx, -mdw Too many options. My choice was to avoid comparing and go with foobar when it was first recommended for setting the tags that slimserver was going to look for. I've had no problems, so no reason to use up time looking elsewhere. -kdf _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
