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752931 2009-03-03 03:15:00 Hi,

For a business we are going to open soon I have upgraded an old laptop with a new external sound card and have put on all our digital music. We will be playing music from Playlists through a stereo. I am quite happy with the sound.

Unfortunately some songs are quieter/louder than the others as some of my old rippings were in different formats etc.

I usually use Winamp or Window Media Player but they don't have volume control to play all files at the same volume. I have a Creative Media Player which has it but its media library options are limited.

Do you guys have any suggestions regarding a suitable Media Player?
silu (9854)
752932 2009-03-03 03:49:00 You'll have to rip them again and change all of them to the same volume. If this is what you want.

If some are lower than others, then it wont matter what player you use
Speedy Gonzales (78)
752933 2009-03-03 04:05:00 You dont actually need to rerip the music if they are in MP3 Format - you can download MPTrim (www.mptrim.com/) or MP3Gain (http:) - Personally use MPTrim, you can cut out dead spots at the beginning and end of the tracks, as well as Normalize the music all to the same volume level. Down side only 1 song at a time for the free version - The Pro version you can do batches of songs.

edited: just tried that MP3Gain - did a batch of 25 songs all in one hit - took about 1-2 minutes :thumbs: Home page (www.downloadsquad.com)
wainuitech (129)
752934 2009-03-03 05:38:00 itunes has sound check that will play all songs at same volume plod (107)
752935 2009-03-03 07:29:00 Tons of alternatives for you to choose:
1. Gom Player

Why?: It seems these guys decided to look and steal the best of what makes the other players good and incorporate it into a very smart, clean interface. It can play some partial files but can't play some things like Vobs, and Bin files

Download: www.gomplayer.com

2. Vlc Player

Why?: This is the granddaddy that can play ANY video file out there. It's user interface is GAWD-AWFUL (quite possibly the most annoying and developer abused tool when it comes to user interface ever). It is solely because it can play ANY movie file including ANY partially downloaded video file that makes it a very important part of video players. Besides that i have only bad things to say about this program.

Download: www.videolan.org

3. Media Player Classic

Why?: This one was put together by a hacker team who was fed up with Microsoft and their half-arsed work on Windows Media Player and took the v6.0 Media Player and spruced it up BIG TIME. It has a lot of features and can play some partial files well,

Download: www.afterdawn.com

For me i use ALL 3 of these ones together since each can do something the other cant. But Gom is the closest to being perfect. For you i recommend you get Gom Player and depending if you are a big p2p downloader i would also recommend u get Vlc Player too (to play partial movie downloads -- this program is incredible at that).

I also recommend you download and install the K-Lite Codec Pack..this will give you all the video codecs that you need to play ANY movies/videos that you come across without concern for cases like video runs but no audio, or vise-versa...

K-Lite Codec Pack Download Page: www.codecguide.com
Dalinda (14476)
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