Re: [LAU] LAM -2008 mix online : update

hollunder@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:41:07 +0100
> <hollunder@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:45:42 +0700
>> Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have adjusted the sample rate for a couple of tracks and added a
>>> couple more that I missed from the original release.
>>>
>>> The mix is now 100 minutes long. Still no Hiphop tracks and no
>>> classical pieces either.
>>>
>>> http://djcj.org/audio/lam/lam-2008.ogg
>>> 112,379MB - ogg
>>>
>>> - If people can have a listen and let me know if the levels are
>>> right that would be helpful. It sounds fine on my headphones but
>>> may be too quiet at the start on a speaker system.
>>>
>>> - I have compressed it with q5 this time. That makes the file size
>>> about 40MB bigger. The previous version was q3 which is the default
>>> for oggenc. Please let me know if that improves the audio quality.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's the full playlist:
>>>
>> It would be nice to have that available in the file somehow.
>> I know that it's possible with vorbis, I just don't know how.
>>
>
> Excuse me for replying to myself.
>
> I found out how to do it, it's as simple as:
>
> cat song1.ogg song2.ogg song3.ogg > song123.ogg
>
> The problem is that very few players handle it in an acceptable way,
> and none that I tried showed the tag of anything but the first file, so
> it's a no-go, unfortunately.
>
> Sadly, the only player I know of that handles this correctly is still
> foobar2k, a proprietary player for windows. It works in wine but that's
> no use really..
>
>
>

I will make a version of the mix with seperate tracks for the final
copy. I can cut it up with markers in ardour IIUC.

>> And another thing, usually the recommended ogg encoder is the
>> aoTuV-version which one can get here as .deb for example:
>> http://rarewares.org/ogg-oggenc.php
>> Afaik the aoTuV-changes are going to be merged into mainline oggenc,
>> I don't know if this has already happened.
>> Benefits should be: faster, same or better quality vs. filesize
>>
>
> I just heard from a dev that normal oggenc should be fine as long as
> one doesn't go below 80kbps.
>
>
> One thing about levels: they are imho not optimal. One thing you could
> try: wavgain a copy of the files (trackgain), make the vorbis file and
> check if the levels are fine. theoretically it should work reasonably
> well.
>
>
I'm not sure what you mean hear. Can you give me a bit more detail please?

> Best regards,
> Philipp
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