eschurr;175742 Wrote: > thanks -- that's consistent with my experience, too. > > I can't see any reason to write ReplayGain tags (which only work with > smart devices like a Squeezebox) as vs. adjusting the Gain on the file > so it plays at the desired level on ANY playback device (like an > iPod). > > Can you?
Well, this depends if you are using a lossless compression (as I do). For MP3 you've already commited to lossing data - so altering the volume permanently really doesn't have a significant impact - other than if you have chosen to "write" the track gain values you won't be able to swap over to the "album" gain values without a re-write in the tags. For lossless files performing the Replaygain alteration on the fly results in a playback that is not truely lossless anymore. Writing the tags (rather than the file) is useful if you want to be able to switch between album & track gains "on the fly" for either format. Hope that rambling makes some sense!! Nic -- DrNic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DrNic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=92 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32178 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
