Re: mp3gain vs madplay

On Mar 31, 2004, at 12:01 AM, Bruce Fitzsimons wrote:
> I'm about to launch into a debugging session to see why mp3gain 
> (http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/ ) and madplay 0.15.1b don't seem to 
> be playing together (no pun intended). I thought I'd ask if anyone has 
> used the two together yet, or if there is another linux-based 
> replaygain processor (for adding replaygain to existing mp3s) that is 
> more reliable.
>
> map3gain does appear to be adding a tag, as it finds it again if rerun 
> over the same file.

 From my brief look at the mp3gain code I couldn't find evidence that it 
is actually writing a Replay Gain tag. It appears instead to be 
modifying the global_gain field of each Layer III frame. This 
modification should work with all players with or without Replay Gain 
support, though there may not be any indication of it.

-- 
Rob Leslie
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