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Replaygain not being applied during playback

Hi All,

I'm having some trouble with playback of mp3-referenced cue files... basically it appears that the ReplayGain info stored in the referenced mp3 is not being applied when playing it via the cue sheet - i.e., playback is noticeably louder than simply playing the single mp3 (for which foobar correctly applies ReplayGain).  I don't recall having this problem with previous versions of foobar.  My understanding up to now was that ReplayGain info needn't be in the cue file, so long as the referenced audio file has RG values.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.  FYI my foobar prefs are album mode / apply gain, and for reference I've pasted the properties of both the mp3 and the referencing cue sheet in the codeboxes below.

Thanks,
RS

Code: [Select]
File name : DJ-Kicks.mp3
Folder name : C:\Users\User117\Music\Mirror\Apparat\(2010) DJ-Kicks
File path : C:\Users\User117\Music\Mirror\Apparat\(2010) DJ-Kicks\DJ-Kicks.mp3
Subsong index : 0
File size : 80MB (83 920 552 bytes)
Last modified : 2011-08-12 19:44:05
Duration : 1:08:06.107 (180 197 304 samples)
Sample rate : 44100 Hz
Channels : 2
Bitrate : 164 kbps
Codec : MP3
Codec profile : MP3 VBR V4
Encoding : lossy
Tool : LAME3.98r
Tag type : id3v2.3
Track gain : -8.48 dB
Track peak : 1.169221
Album gain : -8.48 dB
Album peak : 1.169221
<ENC_DELAY> : 576
<ENC_PADDING> : 1416
<MP3_ACCURATE_LENGTH> : yes
<MP3_STEREO_MODE> : joint stereo

Code: [Select]
File name : DJ-Kicks.mp3.cue
Folder name : C:\Users\User117\Music\Mirror\Apparat\(2010) DJ-Kicks
File path : C:\Users\User117\Music\Mirror\Apparat\(2010) DJ-Kicks\DJ-Kicks.mp3.cue
Subsong index : 1
File size : 1.98KB (2 030 bytes)
Last modified : 2011-08-11 20:35:25
Duration : 3:04.307 (8 127 924 samples)
Sample rate : 44100 Hz
Channels : 2
Bitrate : 164 kbps
Codec : MP3
Codec profile : MP3 VBR V4
Encoding : lossy
Tool : LAME3.98r
Tag type : id3v2.3
<ENC_DELAY> : 576
<ENC_PADDING> : 1416
<MP3_ACCURATE_LENGTH> : yes
<MP3_STEREO_MODE> : joint stereo
<REFERENCED_FILE> : DJ-Kicks.mp3

Replaygain not being applied during playback

Reply #1 –
You could load the .cue file into Foobar2000, then apply Replaygain. It will of course save the values in the .cue file.

Replaygain not being applied during playback

Reply #2 –
Thanks for the reply.  I'm aware that RG values can be added to cue sheets, however the current playback behavior (i.e., ignoring the referenced file's RG) only seems to have happened as of a recent version.  Previously when I'd play a cue sheet, the output would be adjusted to the reference file's RG.

Replaygain not being applied during playback

Reply #3 –
Recent as in a 1.1.8 beta version?
elevatorladylevitateme

Replaygain not being applied during playback

Reply #5 –
Can anyone confirm this behavior on their foobar setup? 

Replaygain not being applied during playback

Reply #6 –

My results

v1.1.8.b4 , v1.1.7 , v1.1.2 , v0.9.5
- playing by cue ignores replaygain tags in mp3 file

v0.8.3
- playing by cue adjusts output according to replaygain tags in mp3 file

 

Replaygain not being applied during playback

Reply #7 –
Wow, thanks.  Guess this behavior goes back a lot further than I remember.  Looks like I'll be scanning a whole bunch of cues!