JJZolx;673459 Wrote: > Yes, the database design leaves something to be desired. Ideally there > would be an additional 'discs' table that would hold disc information > such as ReplayGain for each individual CD and a disc title (like many > multi-disc albums have).
That's true. I don't really know much of how the DB is setup (although I wish I did). Those items you discuss would be useful, especially the disc title (I assume that ReplayGain is still held on a per track basis). Right now, I just count on a comment Tag to hold the disc title and M3U files to allow me access to those discs by title (not really tags but works for me). For myself, I am conflicted on how I should setup ReplayGain on multidisc albums. For instance, The Wall is an album that one could argue should be played sequentially and acts as a continuous unit. Should their be a different Album Gain for each disc or should the Album Gain be based on the complete album? I don't think there is a right or wrong answer, or the right answer is probably really dependent on the mastering. Most of the time, I find the album gains for each disc are close enough that they probably don't matter. To digress further: Does the server software care that album gains are consistent? For instance, I've put together a few personal compilations from individual tracks I've gathered over the years and have given them generic album titles to hold them together (I prefer albums and album artist browsing, so I try to group those odd tracks together). However, in those compilations, I actually set the album gain tag equal to the track gain tag. My assumption is that when I play the album this essentially plays the album with track gain since the album gain is the same. But, I suppose it is possible that the server picks up one (the first) album gain tag much like it seems to pick up one image when looking at the album covers. -- emalvick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ emalvick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35382 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91551 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
