Re: Music players that save (different) volume settings for each song (was: Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
On Tue 03 Mar 2020 at 07:22:49 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 03, 2020 05:57:27 AM Curt wrote:
> > On 2020-03-02, David Wright wrote:
> > > $ mplayer -volume 50 -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\
> > > Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv
>
> (I'm not the OP.) I wonder if there are any music players that can save a
> (play)list along with a selected volume for each song on the playlist? (Or
> use a database of songs with volume setting, and then access the database as
> the playlist calls for a song?)
>
> (I'm aware of things (not sure that any are implemented in LInux music
> players) that try to "normalize" the audio by either reviewing the content of
> the entire song or some portion of it and and adjust the volume to be similar
>
> to the volume of other songs on the playlist, but those don't always work as
> well as I would like. Something that allowed you to set a volume for each
> song (and maybe even store a list of volume changes for songs that had large
> changes in volume) would be nice.)
The easiest way, with mpv, is to use the per-file options, just over
300 lines through the man page. For example, and using foo.mkv to
stand for the file above:
$ mpv --fs --\{ --volume=100 foo.mkv --\} --\{ --volume=50 foo.mkv --\} --\{
--volume=100 foo.mkv --\}
It might seem futile to triplicate one file for the playlist, but it
demonstrates that the volume changes are genuine.
Cheers,
David.
Re: Music players that save (different) volume settings for each song (was: Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
Quoting rhkra...@gmail.com (2020-03-03 13:22:49) > (I'm not the OP.) I wonder if there are any music players that can > save a (play)list along with a selected volume for each song on the > playlist? (Or use a database of songs with volume setting, and then > access the database as the playlist calls for a song?) > > (I'm aware of things (not sure that any are implemented in LInux music > players) that try to "normalize" the audio by either reviewing the > content of the entire song or some portion of it and and adjust the > volume to be similar to the volume of other songs on the playlist, but > those don't always work as well as I would like. Something that > allowed you to set a volume for each song (and maybe even store a list > of volume changes for songs that had large changes in volume) would be > nice.) I would use ID3 tags as "database", like this: 2. Load all tunes into Picard, compute ReplayGain, and apply tags 3. Use a player which respects ReplayGain tags to normalize volume 4. Where some ReplayGain values are "wrong", manually adjust tags Personally I would use Picard for tagging and ReplayGain computing (hint: configure it to enable module "ReplayGain"), and I would use MPD + mpd-sima + ncmpcpp as player, but there are many many many options and most of them follows same general flow described above. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
Music players that save (different) volume settings for each song (was: Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
(I'm not the OP.) I wonder if there are any music players that can save a (play)list along with a selected volume for each song on the playlist? (Or use a database of songs with volume setting, and then access the database as the playlist calls for a song?) (I'm aware of things (not sure that any are implemented in LInux music players) that try to "normalize" the audio by either reviewing the content of the entire song or some portion of it and and adjust the volume to be similar to the volume of other songs on the playlist, but those don't always work as well as I would like. Something that allowed you to set a volume for each song (and maybe even store a list of volume changes for songs that had large changes in volume) would be nice.) On Tuesday, March 03, 2020 05:57:27 AM Curt wrote: > On 2020-03-02, David Wright wrote: > > $ mplayer -volume 50 -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ > > Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv
Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
On 2020-03-02, David Wright wrote: > > $ mplayer -volume 50 -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ > Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv > > which sets the volume at 50%, and changed it with / and * whilst > playing. The volume resets to 50% with each loop. > That's what I would expect and believed was what the OP was asking for, failing somehow in miraculous fashion to derive the obvious inference that he's changing the volume during play. IOW, I misread his post. I guess it's too much to ask that Emmanuel decide upon a commodious volume before inducing the loop in order that I might save a little face. -- "J'ai pour me guérir du jugement des autres toute la distance qui me sépare de moi." Antonin Artaud
Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
David Wright (12020-03-02): > which sets the volume at 50%, and changed it with / and * whilst > playing. The volume resets to 50% with each loop. The reinit of the audio chain and the reset of the volume is hardcoded in the source code, and there is no option similar to -fixed-vo to disable it. But you can go to the users mailing-list: if Alexander is around, he might be able to patch something quickly. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
On Mon 02 Mar 2020 at 09:01:56 (-), Curt wrote: > On 2020-03-02, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > Can I use mplayer with -loop 0 _but_ with the > > volume not resetting when the file ends and > > begins again? > > It would seem a flabbergasting thing that a soft with a thousand flags > wouldn't > have one or two to set the volume. What have you tried so far? > > mplayer RainyMood.mp3 -loop 0 -volume 55 & > > ? > > I can't test this loopy hypothesis as I don't have mplayer installed on > this machine. > > >From the man: > > -volume <-1-100> (also see -af volume) > > Set the startup volume in the mixer, either hardware or software (if > used with -softvol). A value of -1 (the default) will not change the > volume. On my system, that doesn't work either. I used as an example: $ mplayer -volume 50 -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv which sets the volume at 50%, and changed it with / and * whilst playing. The volume resets to 50% with each loop. $ mplayer -volume -1 -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv The volume starts at 100% with each loop, regardless of how it was changed during playing. $ mplayer -volume '-1' -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv Ditto. Actually, the -softvol is redundant here, as mplayer doesn't have any effect on my ALSA mixer settings. (Which would it choose?) > Maybe there ain't no way and you'll be obliged to switch to vlc or > something. I'm not sure I'd install vlc just for looping when mpv can handle it satisfactorily already. What else would it buy me? (for 40 extra packages including Recommends). Cheers, David.
Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
On 2020-03-02, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Can I use mplayer with -loop 0 _but_ with the > volume not resetting when the file ends and > begins again? > It would seem a flabbergasting thing that a soft with a thousand flags wouldn't have one or two to set the volume. What have you tried so far? mplayer RainyMood.mp3 -loop 0 -volume 55 & ? I can't test this loopy hypothesis as I don't have mplayer installed on this machine. >From the man: -volume <-1-100> (also see -af volume) Set the startup volume in the mixer, either hardware or software (if used with -softvol). A value of -1 (the default) will not change the volume. Maybe there ain't no way and you'll be obliged to switch to vlc or something. -- "J'ai pour me guérir du jugement des autres toute la distance qui me sépare de moi." Antonin Artaud
Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
On Mon 02 Mar 2020 at 02:15:51 (+0100), Emanuel Berg wrote: > > Can I use mplayer with -loop 0 _but_ with the > > volume not resetting when the file ends and > > begins again? > > mpv with --loop-playlist does this if one cares > to change media player. Yes, as mpv's manpage points out: "Normally, mpv will try to keep all settings when playing the next file on the playlist, even if they were changed by the user during playback. (This behavior is the opposite of MPlayer's, which tries to reset all settings when starting next file.)" I see no option for overriding it in mplayer. There's a noticeable hiatus between its loops anyway, which limits its usefulness. Cheers, David.
Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
> Can I use mplayer with -loop 0 _but_ with the > volume not resetting when the file ends and > begins again? mpv with --loop-playlist does this if one cares to change media player. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal
