[needs-packaging] gnormalize

[Arthur Loiret]

License: GPL
Homepage: http://gnormalize.sourceforge.net/

Description:
gnormalize is an audio converter and CD ripper with ReplayGain normalization algorithms, a metadata (tag) editor and an audio player. It uses gtk2-perl under GNU/Linux.

gnormalize decodes the MP3/MP4/MPC/OGG/APE/FLAC file to WAV, then normalizes the WAV to a targeted volume level and re-encodes it. Moreover, gnormalize can extract Audio CD track and output as various popular audio formats (MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, APE, FLAC, WAV) with fast speed and high quality. gnormalize can also convert audio format between MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, APE and FLAC with high fidelity, which meets your need to play and collect audio files. It can change the encoding and Metadata (tag) properties of final normalized files.

gnormalize can be used to adjust the volume of audio files to a standard volume level, where different recording levels on different albums can cause the volume to vary greatly from song to song.

gnormalize uses 'wavegain' to normalize wav files because 'wavegain' is based on more accurate gain_analysis.c code from ReplayGain to adjust and normalize the sound amplitude.

[Arthur Loiret (arthur.loiret)]

Seems to have a package in debian, http://sponsors.debian.net/viewpkg.php?id=204

[Miguel (sanvimosca-deactivatedaccount)]

Now I'm using ubuntu 10.04 and wavegain seems to have removed form repostories. Can someone add it or tell me where is the program?. I still use gnormalize and is the only program I know can normalize the whole hard disk.

[MestreLion (mestrelion)]

@Miguel: as far as I know, wavegain was never packaged in Ubuntu (or Debian). Its sources and binary are within gnormalize's source tarball, under packages/ subdir. You must either use its pre-compiled executable or compile it yourself.

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

This program is not under active development any more, so I'll mark this bug as invalid.