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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: foo_run
Last post by thebugswillbite -
Quote from: Case on
You can open any Windows program maximized simply by asking it to run maximized. With foo_run you can for example use command:
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cmd.exe /C start "" /MAX <path-to-spek.exe> "%path%"
Make sure to tick the "Minimize" checkbox to not see the command prompt wrapper.

ok thank you very much. using what you showed me i ticked the minimize checkbox and input -
cmd.exe /C start "" /MAX C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\spek-0.8.2\spek.exe "%path%"
and that seems to work good, maximizing the window when it opens
(i am not very good at command line and even seeing the two different / \ made me wonder if i was even doing it right lol)
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: Fade-in/out DSP
Last post by boxerfan88 -
Hmm … i never tested such a long fade out.

Looks like cross fading rather than sequentially fade-out then fade-in. Not sure if it’s a bug or by design.

I didn’t really notice it coz my fade setting is 300ms.
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Scientific Discussion / Re: Can headroom worsen audio quality due to the masking threshold?
Last post by saratoga -
Quote from: fred-hy on
I know this may sound like a silly question, but while I know it is a good idea to add headroom before encoding with a lossy codec such as MP3 or AAC to avoid clipping, can this, due to how these codecs work, result in more audio being classified as unimportant and being mangled compared to encoding a 0 dB peaking file because more of the audio goes under the masking threshold?

Try testing with your favorite encoder in VBR mode and see how much you have to lower volume before the bitrate starts decreasing significantly. 
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CD Hardware/Software / Re: Nowadays what is the most respectyed way to rip CDs to FLAC?
Last post by Lazlo Nibble -
Quote from: Porcus on
* For those pesky pre-emphasis CDs that may or may not flag it properly (properly means both in the TOC and in subcode, but that is not a given in practice), then CUERipper does both, but IIRC the two others don't.
* If you want proper index marks in your cuesheets ... I am not sure. Anyone?
CUERipper unfortunately doesn’t tell you if the TOC and program area flags disagree. IIRC it only reports the program area flag, which if you’re only reporting one is definitely the correct one, but I want to know about mismatches too.

CUERipper is fine for index points but EAC (or at least the ancient version I use) needs to be explicitly configured for “accurate” index point extraction.

I’ve been playing with redumper and its ability to get complete TOC and program-area subcode information in one pass is fantastic, but its limitations around metadata retrieval, etc. make it more of an analysis tool than a day-to-day ripper. Not saying I haven’t been tempted, though!
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CD Hardware/Software / Re: Bought the same CD twice, got THE SAME C2 errors twice!!!
Last post by Feilakas -
I have tried dumping the disc using multiple drives, however since there are actual C2 errors during read, I'd expect that different drives would read the data differently, kinda like what happens (on purpose) with the Cactus Data Shield "protection" scheme.

I'll try dumping the two discs using other drives and see if the data matches the drives and discs.

EDIT: NOPE! The data doesn't even match across re-dumps of the same disc using the same drive and also doesn't match the other disc.
All the dumps have trouble with specific LBAs but across all reads, BUT other LBAs MIGHT be read right or not as well, adding to the uncertainty.
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Scientific Discussion / Re: Can headroom worsen audio quality due to the masking threshold?
Last post by DVDdoug -
Masking is relative...  If A is 20dB louder than B and they are close in frequency, B is likely to be masked.   That 20dB ratio doesn't change when you adjust the volume up or down.   Of course, if the volume is low-enough, B may be so quiet that it's not audible by itself without the masking.

Plus, 1dB or so of change is pretty insignificant.

I've never heard the clipping caused by an MP3 going over 0dB so personally I don't worry about it.   I've got tons of MP3s ripped from CDs that "show clipping" in Audacity.     And I've never heard of anyone else hearing it either.  I've never heard of a related controlled listening test (which would have to be level-matched).

If you hear a compression artifact it's probably something else that won't go-away at a slightly lower level.

BTW - The MP3 isn't actually clipped.  It can go over 0dB without clipping.  But you'll clip your DAC if you play it at "full digital volume".