So if i dont change anything in Foobar, it will play my FLAC audio as 44.1 hz right?? And Replay Gain doesn't change anything and still produce the original source?

generally yes to all.

Replay Gain acts like a normalizer, it normalize all the selected tracks so you don't have to adjust the volume when changing track. Its up to you whether you want to use it or not, try to do some testing, if you like it use it.

Be wary though that it might cause distortion, as it makes the quieter track louder if its mixed with louder track. I don't know how effective this Replaygain is as I never use it.

Read about it here

i use replay-gain all the time, for my quality CDs collections after converting to FLAC, working very fine. the track gain averagely +/- 1.5dB unless some with more than that kinda range.

ReplayGain is similar to turning your volume knob down because you find one track's louder than the next. It's just an automated way of doing that. Since the value is stored in the tag, your source will remain the same.

more detail info: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/5492266-post2.html

ASIO buffer - the higher the better or the least (low latency) is better?? I know latency is not an issue when you're not recording, but i really want to know.

Does Replay Gain apply gain in waveform(audio frequency signal) or is it like controling the program's master volume.

Also what is Dither for?

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Added on June 28, 2009, 12:19 amIf u're not recording, higher latency better. It does not use up alot of CPU when u set the latency higher. Try setting lowest latency on your sistem, see if it lags or not, on my pentium 4 2.4Ghz it eats up my CPU time like crazy...even opening webpage will lag. There is also no difrerent in sound when higher latency...

If u want me to be more techincal, lower latency will use up more CPU which will jam up the system bus etc and cause the board to produce more EMI interference in the PC, which might affect sound, but heh, i think only dolphines can hear the difference....

This post has been edited by andrew9292: Jun 28 2009, 12:22 AM

But if more buffer it will eat your RAM?

If TOO MUCH buffer yes, it will cause lagginess.

If TOO little also it will cause lagginess, because the program is struggling to keep up with such little buffer length by increasing program priority so that the music doesnt lag or stop and continue when u multitask with processer and RAM heavy software (eg. photoshop) So like when you photoshop, the music is still smooth with small buffer, but your photoshop program will suffer.

basically if u use a new generation processor like core2duo, duo core etc...u dont need to worry so much about this. those using pentium 3, celerons or early pentium 4...those without HT will feel the performance drop.

This post has been edited by andrew9292: Jun 28 2009, 12:34 AM

Thanks for your advice, now i feel i need to forget about bit-perfect. Now i know bit-perfect is subjective because there is no absolutely perfect in technical aspect, even if you use ASIO + blablabla cable + RM100k speaker + Rm233k cd player can't gurantee 100% bit-perfect. At least i love the sound coming from my speaker, that is enough for me.

Volume is adjusted on playback. Since it's metadata based (stored in tag), the audio data is not modified. The desired playback effect can be switched back and forth in the playback setting.

how to configure the album art, why cant i find the setting like before after installing the latest version

Default UI and Columns UI can read album arts.

Default UI through UI Element "Album Art Viewer": no configuration needed
Columns UI through NG playlist or Album Art Display: should be shown automatically as far as I know. See Preferences > Columns UI > Tab "Artwork".

DVD-Audio Decoder
DVD-Audio Decoder input plugin for foobar2000. Decoder is capable of playing back DVD-Audio discs and MLP files in full resolution.

http://dvdadecoder.sourceforge.net/

Thanks, used Columns UI everything superbly fine now


Only DVD-Audio??? can the normal DVD RW read DVD-Audio? i hv been looking for DVD-A for long time, cant a single dics

This post has been edited by gac: Jul 17 2009, 05:45 PM

how to get the downloaded lyrics deleted?

foobar is good, better than the china ttplayer, but the lyrics function can be better

But foobar's SSRC resampler causes average +1dB in the signal when resampling, which is distortion...u can see the in the visualisation "Peak Meter", when the meter crosses over the max (0 dB) to become +X dB.... TTPlayer's resampler does not...

dont use resampler lah.... originality is always the best!

I need the resampler because my Audigy 1 soundcard have to up-sample to 48khz for the DSP to process, and the resample algorithm/chip on that card does it badly...bass becomes soft...weak vocal...harsh and dead trable

If SSRC resample for me to 48khz, the Audigy doesnt need to do that lousy resampling anymore...it just bypasses that lousy on-card resampler...

Last time i use foobar to resample, but got distortion, so now using TTplayer...sound much smoother

And yeap, only audigy and sound blaster live based cards needs to SOFWARE resample due to the lousy on-card resampler... others like X-fi already fix that issue...

This post has been edited by andrew9292: Jul 23 2009, 12:26 PM