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

[H. Langos]

On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 08:34:57PM +0200, H. Langos wrote:
> 
> Yes. We would leave volume alone and go for soundcheck instead.
> 
> We would stop using that crude one byte and start using that 32bit dBm
> value. At least thats what it is supposed to encode.
> 
> I just greped through my mp3s and I have only found positive values ranging
> from 21 to 4219 (= 4.219 dB )

Sorry. This conversion was total BS. 

soundcheck 4219 = -6.252 dB 
soundcheck 21 = +16.7 dB

> I would suggest that you take some stuff that is too loud i.e.
> louder than the magic 89dB, feed it to iTunes and see how iTunes encodes 
> negative adjustments. 

I shouldn't write email after spending the whole day sitting in the sun.. ;-)

cheers
-henrik