Re: [Savonet-users] Mixing two sources in a playlist

[<kr...@ao...>]

Thanks David!

I'm looking forward to my first live-test in the coming weeks.
Thanks for the tips!

Andre


On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:32:01 -0400, David Baelde <dav...@gm...>  
wrote:

> Hi kronos,
>
> You're correct that add() is the right thing for you. Just try it and
> you should discover the few things to watch out for:
>
> (1) Metadata: only the metadata of the first active children is passed
> through, so you want background last I think.
>
> (2) Volume: by default add() will renormalize, which means playing the
> background 100% of the volume when there's no other file, and 50% each
> when playing background and the other. This is probably desirable, but
> maybe not depending on the kind of file you're playing (in which case,
> pass normalize=false).
>
> (3) Smooth volume changes: if you keep normalization, you may want to
> use smooth_add() which is like add() but has smooth volume changes
> (from 100% to 50% and back) that tend to be nicer for the listener.
>
> That's all I can think of now. Have fun!
>
> David


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