[PATCH] ReplayGain tags

Alex Merry kde at randomguy3.me.uk
Sun Jan 11 16:26:59 CET 2009


On Sunday 11 January 2009 15:13:30 Gregory Meyer wrote:
> The album gain information is not unique per track but unique per
> album, so from the standpoint of making sure the database is properly
> normalized, perhaps this should be stored in the album table,
> although, since you are already updating the track record with the
> track gain, it doesn't hurt too much these days to have some redundant
> data in the track table.  I'd also say that it probably makes more
> sense to leave it in the track table just because it makes the schema
> easier to understand.

Also, according to the Replay Gain spec, the album gain should be user-
editable, and hence could be different for different tracks.

The spec refers to album and track gain as audiophile and radio gain.  The 
radio gain (or track gain) make every song the same volume.  The audiophile 
gain (or album gain) makes every song the "right" volume for the song, a best 
approximation of which (for automatic tools) is to keeps songs on the same CD 
at the same relative volume.

Alex


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