On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:17:25 -0700 stan wrote: > I have a question instead of an answer. Do you run the > normalize before you play the mp3 file, or do you normalize > while you are playing? I ask because normalize means that > the amplitude of the whole file is raised until the loudest > sound in the file is at or just below some max amplitude. You run normalize on a directory of mp3 files and it does whatever it does to keep the volumes within a reasonable range. > You see the problem? Until the whole streaming file has > arrived there is no way for any normalize routine to know > what the maximum amplitude in the file is, and thus adjust > the rest of it. For movie theatres, there is a gizmo called an "afterburner" that you can add to your sound system that will prevent some sound-jockey's idea of a sudden crash or shotgun blast from ripping your speakers out of their cabinets. That's more of a limiter than a "normalizer" though. > So I would say there probably isn't a normalize for > streaming audio. Unless there is some kind of buffer and > delay. i.e. you're always one song behind. Or you like > listening to music that has no dynamics. :-) I suspect you're right but I've been surprised before. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com DRY CLEANER BUSINESS FOR SALE ~ http://www.canadadrycleanerforsale.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
