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Brian Sy
2018-04-28
2018-04-29
  • Brian Sy

    Brian Sy - 2018-04-28

    I used MP3Gain for years on Windows XP without any problems.  Recently I installed it (V1.2.5) on my new Windows 10 laptop, and it doesn't seem to work so well.  When I analyze an MP3 to determine the volume, it seems to give an accurate number...  but after I boost the volume using a different program (MP3Trim) and take another reading, it displays the exact same number!  Basically, it doesn't recognize changes.
    What could be causing this?

     
    • Clayton Macleod

      Clayton Macleod - 2018-04-28

      Try deleting tags first.

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      On Apr 27, 2018, at 6:32 PM, Brian Sy crunchycookie@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

      I used MP3Gain for years on Windows XP without any problems. Recently I installed it (V1.2.5) on my new Windows 10 laptop, and it doesn't seem to work so well. When I analyze an MP3 to determine the volume, it seems to give an accurate number... but after I boost the volume using a different program (MP3Trim) and take another reading, it displays the exact same number! Basically, it doesn't recognize changes.
      What could be causing this?

      MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10

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      • Clayton Macleod

        Clayton Macleod - 2018-04-28

        To clarify, I believe mp3gain's default is to skip files that have already
        been processed. I don't use mp3gain anymore, so I can't doublecheck.
        (It's too slow.) There may be an option to not skip files that already
        have tags. I'm not sure. But deleting the replaygain tags will make it
        look as if those files haven't been processed yet, so it will analyze them
        again once that's the case.

        On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:18 PM, Clayton Macleod shorty-dammit@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

        Try deleting tags first.

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        On Apr 27, 2018, at 6:32 PM, Brian Sy crunchycookie@users.sourceforge.net
        wrote:

        I used MP3Gain for years on Windows XP without any problems. Recently I
        installed it (V1.2.5) on my new Windows 10 laptop, and it doesn't seem to
        work so well. When I analyze an MP3 to determine the volume, it seems to
        give an accurate number... but after I boost the volume using a different
        program (MP3Trim) and take another reading, it displays the exact same
        number! Basically, it doesn't recognize changes.
        What could be causing this?

        MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10

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    • ptfitzy

      ptfitzy - 2018-04-28

      It doesn’t work on Windows 10. Even if you raise the db to the 90’s, you still have to turn the volume up nearly all the way to get a decent volume. It doesn’t even come close to the better sound of the songs if you don’t use MP3 Gain. It destroys the Gain. It’s like viewing a VU Meter where the song doesn’t even bounce in the red which it should do. It does bounce in the red on Pre Recorded CD’s.
      ptfitzy

      From: Brian Sy
      Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:32 PM
      To: [mp3gain:discussion]
      Subject: [mp3gain:discussion] MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10

      I used MP3Gain for years on Windows XP without any problems. Recently I installed it (V1.2.5) on my new Windows 10 laptop, and it doesn't seem to work so well. When I analyze an MP3 to determine the volume, it seems to give an accurate number... but after I boost the volume using a different program (MP3Trim) and take another reading, it displays the exact same number! Basically, it doesn't recognize changes.
      What could be causing this?


      MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10


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      • Clayton Macleod

        Clayton Macleod - 2018-04-28

        It works exactly the way it is supposed to. I don't think you really
        understand enough about audio in general to understand what's going on and
        why. At least, that's how it seems to me. When you turn down the volume
        of a file by ~12 dB this is not a small change. ~3 dB is halving the
        voltage, and 10 dB is halving the volume. If you want to maximize the
        volume of your files and still have them matched to each other you need to
        analyze your entire library and figure out what your target volume will be
        when considering all the files you have. Otherwise, you accept a value
        that generally works well enough in most cases, such as the default of 89
        dB, and live with that. The fact that you have to turn your volume knob
        more is irrelevant. So what? That's what volume knobs are for.

        On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 12:09 PM, ptfitzy ptfitzy@users.sourceforge.net
        wrote:

        It doesn’t work on Windows 10. Even if you raise the db to the 90’s, you
        still have to turn the volume up nearly all the way to get a decent volume.
        It doesn’t even come close to the better sound of the songs if you don’t
        use MP3 Gain. It destroys the Gain. It’s like viewing a VU Meter where the
        song doesn’t even bounce in the red which it should do. It does bounce in
        the red on Pre Recorded CD’s.
        ptfitzy

        From: Brian Sy
        Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:32 PM
        To: [mp3gain:discussion]
        Subject: [mp3gain:discussion] MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10

        I used MP3Gain for years on Windows XP without any problems. Recently I
        installed it (V1.2.5) on my new Windows 10 laptop, and it doesn't seem to
        work so well. When I analyze an MP3 to determine the volume, it seems to
        give an accurate number... but after I boost the volume using a different
        program (MP3Trim) and take another reading, it displays the exact same
        number! Basically, it doesn't recognize changes.
        What could be causing this?


        MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10

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        • ptfitzy

          ptfitzy - 2018-04-29

          Thanks.
          ptfitzy

          From: Clayton Macleod
          Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2018 2:42 PM
          To: [mp3gain:discussion]
          Subject: [mp3gain:discussion] Re: MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10

          It works exactly the way it is supposed to. I don't think you really
          understand enough about audio in general to understand what's going on and
          why. At least, that's how it seems to me. When you turn down the volume
          of a file by ~12 dB this is not a small change. ~3 dB is halving the
          voltage, and 10 dB is halving the volume. If you want to maximize the
          volume of your files and still have them matched to each other you need to
          analyze your entire library and figure out what your target volume will be
          when considering all the files you have. Otherwise, you accept a value
          that generally works well enough in most cases, such as the default of 89
          dB, and live with that. The fact that you have to turn your volume knob
          more is irrelevant. So what? That's what volume knobs are for.

          On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 12:09 PM, ptfitzy ptfitzy@users.sourceforge.net
          wrote:

          It doesn’t work on Windows 10. Even if you raise the db to the 90’s, you
          still have to turn the volume up nearly all the way to get a decent volume.
          It doesn’t even come close to the better sound of the songs if you don’t
          use MP3 Gain. It destroys the Gain. It’s like viewing a VU Meter where the
          song doesn’t even bounce in the red which it should do. It does bounce in
          the red on Pre Recorded CD’s.
          ptfitzy

          From: Brian Sy
          Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:32 PM
          To: [mp3gain:discussion]
          Subject: [mp3gain:discussion] MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10

          I used MP3Gain for years on Windows XP without any problems. Recently I
          installed it (V1.2.5) on my new Windows 10 laptop, and it doesn't seem to
          work so well. When I analyze an MP3 to determine the volume, it seems to
          give an accurate number... but after I boost the volume using a different
          program (MP3Trim) and take another reading, it displays the exact same
          number! Basically, it doesn't recognize changes.
          What could be causing this?


          MP3Gain glitchy in Windows 10
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