"Calculate Replay Gain" bug since 5.62

[rhododendron]

Since Winamp version 5.62 "Calculate Replay Gain" only works on some files of an album.
The other files show up as "+0.00dB" and "0.000000000" in the result window.
These files did work in previous versions of Winamp (e.g. 5.61).

[lostinsound]

I can confirm this on Windows 7. Although it looks like it's only happening with variable bitrate mp3s (not all VBR's just some of them). It's worked fine for all the flacs and constant bitrate mp3s I've tried. Those are the only file types I've tested it on.

[MrSinatra]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=332244

and

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=332229

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, strange.
Nothing changed in the MP3/RG code between 5.61 to 5.62 and I can't reproduce the problem...

http://meggamusic.co.uk/shup/1310082767/winamp562_rg.jpg

[MrSinatra]

did u try on VBR?

like i said, i noticed this earlier, but got it to work, UNTIL this 6min+ VBR. RG calculates, but won't write the tags or even update the ML.

[MrSinatra]

interesting, i put this file in mp3val, and it "fixed" it, apparently a xing header issue, and now RG works (its in tags and ML).

but this was not an issue in earlier winamps, when i had broken headers in those files.

(so i wonder why the header matters to the RG tag calculation/writing, but i would run such files thru mp3val, and if that doesn't fix them, moonbases ver of vbrfix)

[DJ Egg]

did u try on VBR?

Yes, the files in my screenshot are vbr (bitrate is shown in playlist/ATF)

We would need a sample file to reproduce the problem.
We will then test it with 5.61 and 5.62 to see if there's any difference.

Broken headers would certainly cause a problem...
What rubbishy encoder/editor/program are you using which is breaking the headers in the first place?

[MrSinatra]

We would need a sample file to reproduce the problem.
We will then test it with 5.61 and 5.62 to see if there's any difference.

unfortunately, i fixed mine.

however, like i said elsewhere, i saw this on other files, where what i had to do was stop it playing to get it to apply RG. i did NOT "fix" those ones at any point, nor do i even know or think they're broken to begin with.

did you try applying RG on a currently "playing" file, as well as stopped ones?

Broken headers would certainly cause a problem...
What rubbishy encoder/editor/program are you using which is breaking the headers in the first place?

i never saw this problem prior to 5.62, pretty sure it didn't used to do it, in any circumstances, ie. playing or stopped, broken header or not.

as to the progam, p2p. frostwire in this case.

[DJ Egg]

Yes, I can apply RG to a vbr mp3 album whilst one of the tracks is playing.
However, none of my files have got broken headers....

Someone will need to provide a sample file for us to be able to reproduce the problem.

[MrSinatra]

i spoke too soon! i have a backup of the file made by mp3val that i restored from sending to recycle bin, so that should be pre "fixed" state.

only problem is, "stashbox" is dead. how can i get this file to you?

[lostinsound]

I've run replay gain on quite a few of my vbr albums (many of them I encoded using winamp) and almost every one of them has at least one file that has this problem. On average it's probably been 3-4 songs per album, and it happens whether or not I'm playing the track I'm analyzing. Running them through mp3val didn't show any errors and didn't fix the problem. And I can verify that it happens even on a clean install. I also checked that it's working fine with 5.61. I'm willing to supply a sample file but I'm not sure how to go about doing that.

[DJ Egg]

only problem is, "stashbox" is dead. how can i get this file to you?

Use any of:

https://www.dropbox.com

https://www.sendspace.com

https://www.mediafire.com

[MrSinatra]

duh! i had mediafire before...

egg,

this is the one that wouldn't work at all:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jxyio5vuanvyy4e

however, i did have some others that wouldn't work while playing, but did afterwards. i don't know if they were vbr or not, or bad headers or not. i will try to find an example of one of those types as well, i just don't have one currently.

thx!

[rhododendron]

As lostinsound said,
the problem is with some tracks of an album.
In my case the album is freshly ripped with EAC and encoded with Lame with VBR between 128 and 320 kBit.
I think the problem may not have something to do with the tags, because the result window with the properly caculated RGs and the improperly calculated RGs (+0.00dB) together appears before anything is written to the files (you can press "cancel" in this window).

[rhododendron]

Hmm, strange.
Nothing changed in the MP3/RG code between 5.61 to 5.62 and I can't reproduce the problem...
http://meggamusic.co.uk/shup/1310082...namp562_rg.jpg

If I try to put the ml_rg.dll of Winamp 5.61 into the plugin folder of Winamp 5.62, Winamp 5.62 exits silently, when trying to calculate RG.
It seems that something in the ml_rg.dll did change.