[slim] Re: Why does the volume level change?

[snarlydwarf]

if you rip songs in iTunes, it adds 'replay gain' tags to the songs to
note the maximum volume and uses that in playback.  (ie, some music it
will decide "whoever masted the CD was deaf, I'll turn it down some".)

I don't believe WinAMP pays attention to those tags.

(Slimserver can if you tell it to.)


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[slim] Re: Why does the volume level change?

[Mark Lanctot]

Computer programs use fairly arbitrary volume levels.  Most go through
the Windows Mixer, which makes their volumes fairly even, but some do
not, and some have their own volume controls (Quicktime, Windows Media
Player, Winamp, foobar2000).

What it all means is that there's no real standard and each program can
determine their own volume.

BTW your sound card is not "underpowered", it's your computer speakers
that do the actual amplification.

Yet another reason to move sound processing to a real audio component
like the Squeezebox.


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