Re: [Bug-gnupod] Patch to support ReplayGain / mp3gain

2009-04-20 Thread Richard van den Berg
Hi Henrik, On Mon, April 20, 2009 17:47, H. Langos wrote: > I hope the iPod does take care of clipping issues. (Or aren't there any?) In theory there could be clipping, but for 99% of the current pop music releases the volume will be lowered. And even for those (older) releases where the volume w

Re: [Bug-gnupod] Patch to support ReplayGain / mp3gain

2009-04-20 Thread H. Langos
Hi Richard, On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 04:45:03PM +0200, Richard van den Berg wrote: > Hi Henrik, > > I agree with your reasoning in principle (and will provide a patch for the > --noAPEtag option) but if you had ever tried to use iTunes' SoundCheck and > compare it against ReplayGain, you wouldn't

Re: [Bug-gnupod] Patch to support ReplayGain / mp3gain

2009-04-20 Thread Richard van den Berg
Hi Henrik, On Mon, April 20, 2009 15:32, H. Langos wrote: > But in the end they both produce one integer number that is applied as a > simple scaling factor, right? So the "superiority" of the the ReplayGain > algorithm is something that depends on the software used to produces those > tags. There

Re: [Bug-gnupod] Patch to support ReplayGain / mp3gain

2009-04-20 Thread H. Langos
Hi Richard, On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:02:22PM +0200, Richard van den Berg wrote: > I'm successfully using gnupod on my iPod video 30GB. Thanks to everyone > who contributed to this great tool! > > I have all my mp3s tagged for ReplayGain volume leveling using mp3gain. > This tool adds ReplayGain

Re: [Bug-gnupod] gnupod_INIT does not read ~/.gnupodrc

2009-04-20 Thread H. Langos
Hi Richard, On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:09:59AM +0200, Richard van den Berg wrote: > I just found that gnupod_INIT does not read ~/.gnupodrc for the iPod > mount point. No biggie, just wanted to let you know. I'm not sure if this is a safety feature, a result of development history (gnupod_INIT wa