nohitter151 wrote:
I have been around here a long time. Trust me, I know.
Um... no. Unless you're a MM developer, your answers are suspect until you prove yourself. And quite frankly, you have proved yourself to be not very helpful.
nohitter151 wrote:
1. No, that is not what it means. The difference between the two options (as has already been asked and answered probably several hundred times in this forum) is that "Analyze track volume" simply puts a number into the MM database/track tag which is used by MediaMonkey (and possibly other devices which can read it) to increase/decrease the volume as the track is played. If this value were to be deleted/removed, then the track would play at its original level. "Level track volume" actually modifies the waveform of the file, so not only can all programs/players play the track at the modified volume, but also the process cannot be reversed. The leveling adjustment chosen for level track volume is simply always calculated using a standard volume level (ie 89dB), not in reference to other tracks.
Actually, I already understood the difference between Analyze and Level. What I do not understand is how the gain for a given track (or a given album) can be determined before the entire track has been read. A track that starts quiet but gets loud needs a lower gain than a track that starts quiet and stays quiet. Therefore, my original question still stands:
mcow wrote:
Doesn't the whole track have to already be ripped to analyze it before it can be leveled?
But, don't worry about it. This question was for my information only, because I don't use MediaMonkey to rip—I use Exact Audio Copy, like all informed audiophiles do.
nohitter151 wrote:
2. Then I suppose you should level the tracks while ripping, and not use volume leveling on the fly.
Again: not ripping with MediaMonkey.
MediaMonkey has
almost provided the feature I need: it
performs analysis per album, and it provides an option to use that level—but
only for playback. (Even this isn't completely useful, as MM doesn't level FLACs on playback, only MP3s.) For MP3s on my portable (which doesn't know how to level, let alone select between per-track or per-album), leveling is only available per-track. It seems to me glaringly obvious that if someone prefers
playback with per-album leveling, then they very likely prefer
conversion with per-album leveling.
And now, since you pissed me off enough to spend time searching, I find this is
already in the bugs database—and long ignored.
If you want to be helpful, get the developers to pay some attention to that bug.