Thomas Martitz wrote:
Jeff Goode schrieb:
To your main point: I have a number of files from the same albums
that are replay gain tagged for each track but not for the entire
album. Therefore, when I play back tracks that play directly into
the next track with replay gain enabled, there is a jump in volume.
This is not a subtle "purity" argument, but a very evident
distraction. Also please explain to me why I should have to go back
and retag all my files to allow you to remove the ability to turn off
a feature I don't want and have no use for? It's not as though you'd
have to do some extra coding to implement a feature. You want to go
out of your way to take one out. Are aesthetics preferable to
function here?
IMO, your tags are at fault here.
But anyway, we have the very good suggestion to merge the gain type
with the on/off setting. Why aren't we just doing that?
Merging settings is one thing. Removing the ability to disable an
unwanted feature is something else.
Jeff
I cannot see how it is unwanted at all. Rockbox is setup to read those
tags. Your laziness to clear up your tags doesn't make it generally
unwanted.
Rockbox is set up to do a lot of things. But just because it's
*capable* of doing something doesn't mean that it *must* do something.
I don't mind at all that tags (faulty or otherwise) are read. I do mind
if playback is affected outside of my control. But as you say, it's
probably beside the point since we're talking a settings merge now
instead of removing the option of disabling.
I do have to object to the ingrained arrogance on display here by some
posters. How else can you describe an attitude that states: we designed
such-and-such a feature, so you must use it. That's getting away from
the philosophy that the end-user's needs should be satisfied first and
foremost, and it's the developer's job to decide how best to do that.
That doesn't mean dictating what those needs are. Taking options *away*
from the end-user For-His-Own-Good, or Because-We-Say-So, or even
Because-We-Don't-Do-That-Nobody-Should-Do-That, is rampant arrogance.
Be developers. Do cool stuff. Design great features. But don't
unnecessarily limit the end-user's options because you don't do things
that way. Chances are very good that somebody out there does. Faulty
tags or no.
Jeff
