Hi. i’ve got version 3.7.1 for linux. Is there a way to play a track and to see the remaining time? I work as a sound technician for events, and it’s common that they give me tracks to play, but they’ve got different gain levels, so i use audacity to normalize them. to play them would be very helpful to see the remaining time of every track. any idea of how to do that? thanks!
The only player I know that shows time remaining is Mixxx which a DJ program. However, I just discovered that VLC does that too. VLC would suit your needs better I guess.
thanks for your answer. yes, i’ve got mixxx and it’s a very good app. but, as you said, is for dj. Vlc is another good one, but i’m looking for a combination of a flexible player and editor. i’d like to be able to apply fade in and out (wich audacity does perfectly, but not vlc), normalize, and cut to the point i want to start playing or stopping. for all this audacity is perfect… but i’m missing the remaining time of the track thats playing…
I’m a Windows guy, but…
Audacity isn’t really meant as an audio player. It can be used that way but it’s missing a lot of the usual features.
Of course you can Loudness Normalize your files in Audacity an then use another audio player.
I’d look for an audio/media player that has the features you want.
but they’ve got different gain levels, so i use audacity to normalize them.
A lot of media players support ReplayGain You do have to scan and tag the files in advance, but you can do this as a batch process.
Or if you have MP3s there is MP3Gain which adjusts the loudness “permanently” so it works on any media player. (There is also a WaveGain application.)
VLC is supposed to support ReplayGain but I’m not sure if it can scan & tag the files so you might need another app for that.
…This won’t help you but on Windows I use Winamp which is “old” but it supports ReplayGain, it can show time remaining, and I use an optional “smart” crossfading plug-in which will automatically fade-in and out if there is no next track.
thanks for your acurate answer. i didn’t know abaout replaygain, i’l get information about it. i’know audacity is more an editor than a player, but, if I don’t find the app that gives exactly what I need, then I try to modify another one, and audacity is easy to do part of the job I need, like the normalization and the fast edit. I use to work with qlab, but i’m looking for alternatives open source. yesterday, i’ve found a good one for sound: Linux Show Player, and is using ReplayGain! so quite happy with it. anyway thanks for your time to write the answer.