On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 01:16:34AM -0600, Mike F. wrote:
(Depeche Mode, for instance, is notoriously loud in their recordings, whereas Dire Straits record too quietly. Sadly, ogg doesn't support a normalization setting in the files for playback, and it seems very spotty whether a particular playback device/program supports normalization even on mp3s.)
Have you looked into ReplayGain [1]? It's pretty well-supported by many music players. I used VorbisGain [2] just a few days ago on some music and it worked really well for me. It writes the normalization metadata as a Vorbis comment, so the normalization is non-destructive (unlike MP3Gain).
[1] http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Replaygain [2] http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Vorbis#Replay_Gain -- Rich -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
