Re: European iPod volume restriction issues - suggestion for Ephod development?

Simon--

Boosting MP3 Volume like euPOD does is actually very simple, and would 
be an easy feature to add (go to bugs.ephpod.com and add it if you'd 
like to see that!).

I do want to get rid of the mp3gain program and instead do the 
calculations without changing the actual MP3 files.  I've been really 
swamped at my day job, but I'm going to be telecommuting starting next 
week, and that will free up some EphPod time.

--joe

Simon Turner wrote:

>First off.. Ephod is great and works perfectly for me.
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>The European version of the iPod is volume capped. For many European users
>their iPod is too quiet to hear in noisy environments (i.e. gymn, plane,
>busy city steet, on a bicycle). Many iPods have been returned to Apple for
>this reason apparently.
>
>If you use the "Adjust MP3 Volume" setting on Ephod (with utilises the very
>great MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/) it reduces the volume of
>your MP3's to 89db. Although this may get rid of any clipping (distortion)
>in the MP3 the resultant volume of the files is too low to be useful on
>volume capped iPods.
>
>A Norwegian guy has made small program (http://www.ringom.no/espen/ipod/
>that apparently adjusts
>the volume setting of the MP3 in the iPod's database. It appears to have no
>damaging effect on the quality of the file but gives the volume a big boost.
>
>This now allows European iPod owners to increase the quality of their MP3s
>by getting rid of the clipping (introduced by the ripping process) using
>MP3Gain and still have MP3s of sufficient volume.
>
>Is it possible that Ephod could include the ability to adjust the volume of
>the MP3s via the iPod database volume setting? This would be much more
>useful than the current implementation of MP3Gain I think.
>
>If anyone understands why clipping is introduced into MP3 files, even when
>using the latest Lame codec and Exact Audio Copy, I would love to know.
>(Oddly I find that the distortion introduced by clipping is not easily
>noticeable when MP3s are played back on my computer but very noticeable when
>played back on my iPod).
>
>Simon Turner
>Brighton UK
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