Bug 61628

Summary:	Noatun should have relative volume levels i.e. "Whisper" to "Rock Concert" w/normalization
Product:	[Unmaintained] noatun	Reporter:	coolian
Component:	general	Assignee:	Multimedia Developers <kde-multimedia>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cfeck
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description coolian 2003-07-24 19:03:58 UTC

Version:           2.2.1 (using KDE 3.1.0)
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker
Compiler:          gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise

Just like the "Fuzzy Clock", the Noatun volume control could be set in relative sound levels...Instead of "Low to High", there could be "Library" to "Rock Launch". See more info at <A HREF="http://www.lhh.org/noise/decibel.htm">Relative Decibel levels</A>

Also, there should be a way to actually limit the sound levels with regard to normalization, like in <A HREF="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44726">bug# 44726</A>. I want to be able to guarantee that when listening to the Beatles then switch to Metallica, my girlfriend won't wake up beside me.

Comment 1 coolian 2003-07-24 19:05:22 UTC

 
 
Also, I looked at Smoove. It's not really very current, and this should be integrated into KDE. 
http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/id/1677?sid=&sid=

Comment 2 Arnold Krille 2003-07-25 13:59:06 UTC

Subject: Re:  New: Noatun should have relative volume levels i.e. "Whisper" to "Rock Concert" w/normalization

On Thursday 24 July 2003 19:04, coolian@hotmail.com wrote:
> Also, there should be a way to actually limit the sound levels with regard
> to normalization, like in <A
> HREF="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44726">bug# 44726</A>. I want to
> be able to guarantee that when listening to the Beatles then switch to
> Metallica, my girlfriend won't wake up beside me.

Make use of effects: The Synth_STEREO_COMPRESSOR is exactly what you want!

Arnold

Comment 3 Joe Biden 2003-07-26 07:54:15 UTC

Subject: Re:  Noatun should have relative volume levels i.e. "Whisper" to "Rock Concert" w/normalization

On Friday 25 July 2003 07:59 am, you wrote:
> > Also, there should be a way to actually limit the sound levels with
> > regard to normalization, like in <A
> > HREF="http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44726">bug# 44726</A>. I want
> > to be able to guarantee that when listening to the Beatles then switch to
> > Metallica, my girlfriend won't wake up beside me.
>
> Make use of effects: The Synth_STEREO_COMPRESSOR is exactly what you want!

Something user-configurable? Just went through the standard interface for KDE 
3.1 Noatun, and saw zilch.

Comment 4 Arnold Krille 2003-07-26 11:10:07 UTC

Subject: Re:  Noatun should have relative volume levels i.e. "Whisper" to "Rock Concert" w/normalization

On Saturday 26 July 2003 07:54, Brendan Barry wrote:
> Something user-configurable? Just went through the standard interface for
> KDE 3.1 Noatun, and saw zilch.

Menu "Settings" / "Effects", from there insert the Compressor and click on the 
button with gripper to show its gui.

Arnold

Comment 5 meldroc 2004-05-15 23:59:13 UTC

There's a program called normalize (http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~cvaill/normalize/), which comes with an effects plugin for xmms called xmms-rva.  normalize crunches mp3s and determines an RVA (Relative Volume Adjustment) which is added as a standardized tag to the mp3 file.

Though dated, this is probably the best way to handle normalization 

amaroK should honor RVA tags.

Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2012-07-02 16:28:26 UTC

noatun has not been part of the KDE 4 release and is no longer maintained.

KDE now offers Dragon as a video player and JuK as a music player. Additionally, other popular KDE players have been ported to KDE 4, such as Amarok or Kaffeine.

If this issue is still applicable to KDE 4 applications, please add a comment or file a new report.

For more information, see http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=718046