Suppose I have 10 mp3 tracks and all of them differ in volume meaning some are louder while some are quieter.
I am looking for a player that will play all 10 tracks in the same volume so that I don't have increase or decrease the volume manually.
Is there such a player ?
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yep that would be it, all tracks are adjusted so that peak volume in the track is just below the maximum threshold.
Not going to help a lot with tracks that have a large dynamic range, like some classical stuff, they can have super low levels in parts and very high levels in others. The quiet bits will always be quieter than pop songs.
Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:02 am I think they both call it normalization, smplayer for sure. I haven't used VLC for a while.
This is the definition of "normalization" according to Smplayer (please see attachment)
Do you think this is what I am looking for ?
Yes that's it. I don't use smplayer for music much so I enable it by default, I actually don't normalize music unless I specifically want it for background. The Audacious music pllayer supports it, Clementine I'm not sure. The latter 2 are what I use for tunes, mostly audacious.
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Thanks guys. I have enabled that feature in Smplayer. I will listen to some music for 2 days & if I am satisfied I will mark this as [SOLVED] & if there's any problem I will write back.
linux_rules wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:31 am
Thanks guys. I have enabled that feature in Smplayer. I will listen to some music for 2 days & if I am satisfied I will mark this as [SOLVED] & if there's any problem I will write back.
I have spotted "replaygain" in VLC (please see attachment)
I will test both normalization & replaygain and decide which one does the job better.
Which option do I select ? Track or Album ?
I use MP3Gain to normalize all tracks to 89Db - it's just replaygain algorithm packaged in a command line or gui. Works for AAC encoded tracks too with the add-on.
sarge816 wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:04 am
I use MP3Gain to normalize all tracks to 89Db - it's just replaygain algorithm packaged in a command line or gui. Works for AAC encoded tracks too with the add-on.
Problem is I am paranoid about security. I rarely install install anything outside of the official repos.
MP3Gain should be available in LM Software Manager. Edit: Just checked, both mp3gaina and aacgain are available in software manager - using 19.2 Xfce on this laptop I'm on right now, for reference.
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i edited my original post but you might not see it since you posted again - Just checked, both mp3gain and aacgain are available in Mint's built in software manager - using 19.2 Xfce on this laptop I'm on right now, for reference.
sarge816 wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:25 am
i edited my original post but you might not see it since you posted again - Just checked, both mp3gain and aacgain are available in Mint's built in software manager - using 19.2 Xfce on this laptop I'm on right now, for reference.
I am using LMDE. Since I included my inxi-Fxz results in my opening post I didn't mention that separately.
sarge816 wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:25 am
i edited my original post but you might not see it since you posted again - Just checked, both mp3gain and aacgain are available in Mint's built in software manager - using 19.2 Xfce on this laptop I'm on right now, for reference.
You see those in your Software Manager because you installed a .deb file. They are not available there by default. I just checked here (19.3) to verify.
MrEen wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:33 am You see those in your Software Manager because you installed a .deb file. They are not available there by default. I just checked here (19.3) to verify.
linux_rules wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:43 am
Also, it was last updated 10 years ago.
The linked download up-thread is 1.6.2, so it looks like the wiki might be the outdated one here. I don't use the software, so can't really comment on it, but I know quite a few times I've seen it mentioned here on the forum.