DanielTheGreat;278616 Wrote:
> SMST's suggestion to kill the gain tags is even better. I eventually
> found a version of foobar2k that supposedly works under Win2k, and will
> try to install/test it over the next few days.
You can use metaflac to remove RG tags from FLAC files. (I don't know
if metaflac is distributed with SlimServer or not; it's available from
the FLAC website though.)
Code:
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metaflac.exe --remove-replay-gain "My DTS File.flac"
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> SMST, you've made some great suggestions about special tags for surround
> tracks - I heartily agree. Indeed, I'd like to see it go one step
> further and include a new gain tag (perhaps call it 'SurrGain'?) that
> is NOT used by replay gain players, but is broadcast (when it's
> present) along with the file header at the start of each track. [I
> know nothing about how SC 'broadcasts' the music stream via Wi-Fi, but
> I'm assuming there's some sort of 'header' sent at the start of each
> track, with the tag info etc). With such a SurrGain tag, I could (when
> I learn how to program network-aware DOS applications) reprogram my
> DOS6.22 touch PC that controls most functions of my (overly complex)
> surround system. It could then adjust my system's 'pre-volume' so that
> the DTS tracks sounded the same loudness as the replay-gain-adjusted
> stereo tracks. Of course I would need to empirically determine the
> values and tag the SurrGain for each album, but with only a few dozen
> DTS CDs, that wouldn't be arduous.
Interesting idea. You'd need a server plugin to read that tag and pass
it on to your other PC, and to send a "revert to normal" tag if the tag
wasn't present on the next track. Calculating the value might be
tricky, but ultimately I guess you could use some utility (BeSweet
might do it; I don't know if it has a DTS plugin) to downmix the DTS
file to a stereo WAV, and calculate the gain values using that.
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smst
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