[vorbis-dev] ogg123 crossfade

[Ross Levis]

  Crossfading is complicated to do it properly.  A simple time period 
crossfade sounds horrible most of the time.

You need to be testing the volume level up to at least 16 seconds in 
advance of what is playing and bring in the next song when the finishing 
song falls below a specific db level.  There is also an advantage in 
testing the volume of the incoming song and using that intelligently in 
the "when to crossfade" calculations.

It should also be able to specify the shape of the crossfade of both the 
outgoing & incoming songs over time.

The only good crossfading engine I've seen is the SqrSoft crossfading 
plug-in for Winamp.  Once something like this is available for Linux 
I'll likely move my radio station PC to Linux.  I hear Winamp 3 will be 
available for Linux one day.

Ross Levis.

<p>Paul Martin wrote:

>A problem with crossfade is that each song will have a different
>optimal "end fade" point. Some fade slowly, and some stop dead. I have
>done a little experimentation with this over the last two weeks, and
>determining this point automatically is not easy.
>

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