Possibly expose the option as a triple toggle. Off, On, album or On, tracks 
This would allow single album listening without any adjustments from replay gain when set to off and when set to on a smoother experience with random tracks and multiple albums.
Currently I am enjoying the randomness of Randy when working at my bench but have to stop frequently to adjust volume as tracks change.
Some claim a slight downside in audio quality but I have yet to hear any and the benefits far outweigh any possible detriment.
Replay gain tags make no changes to the quality of audio files and are saved as metadata to be used for level adjustment with a compatible player.
Album gain preserves the individual tracks relative levels within an album but adjusts album's overall levels to match.
Track gain adjusts each tracks relative level to other tracks .
Looking at the tags so far I see that my albums have both sets written so the album gain would overide the track gain unless a toggle to select either was present...
Currently tagging with rsgain which handles more file types, including .wav, than others.
https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Rsgain#Linux
This would allow single album listening without any adjustments from replay gain when set to off and when set to on a smoother experience with random tracks and multiple albums.
Currently I am enjoying the randomness of Randy when working at my bench but have to stop frequently to adjust volume as tracks change.
Some claim a slight downside in audio quality but I have yet to hear any and the benefits far outweigh any possible detriment.
Replay gain tags make no changes to the quality of audio files and are saved as metadata to be used for level adjustment with a compatible player.
Album gain preserves the individual tracks relative levels within an album but adjusts album's overall levels to match.
Track gain adjusts each tracks relative level to other tracks .
Looking at the tags so far I see that my albums have both sets written so the album gain would overide the track gain unless a toggle to select either was present...
Currently tagging with rsgain which handles more file types, including .wav, than others.
https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Rsgain#Linux
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Hi Gideon,
You inquired about volume control & normalization long time ago
For me normalization is not very important, but I would like to have volume control.
It could be a setting, I don’t change it often (100% volume is a bit much on headphones
)Do people use the slider for fast forward/reverse?
Hi Gideon
Hope you have been keeping well! I just loaded up your current RPi version and all is working well! (all 104k tracks!) The player still sounds amazing for every track! mpv is so awesome.
The sound card selection is a nice touch. Reminds me to remove the unnecessary modules wasting power. 😊
I was writing as there needs to be some edits to the Wiki page on smb mounts. Needs a bit of clean-up and update to reload after fstab changes a systemctl daemon-reload is required before testing the auto-mount. I have a public git account also so perhaps can edit that way. Let me know.
Hope you have been keeping well! I just loaded up your current RPi version and all is working well! (all 104k tracks!) The player still sounds amazing for every track! mpv is so awesome.
The sound card selection is a nice touch. Reminds me to remove the unnecessary modules wasting power. 😊
I was writing as there needs to be some edits to the Wiki page on smb mounts. Needs a bit of clean-up and update to reload after fstab changes a systemctl daemon-reload is required before testing the auto-mount. I have a public git account also so perhaps can edit that way. Let me know.
Hi,
I’m using Randy purely for radio streams, not for albums.
What I’m missing is volume control via the web interface. Atm I have to do that via alsamixer in ssh.
It is possible to use mpd to control the volume.
I would like to control it via the slider in the bottom (see the arrow), or via an up/down control in the top right.
So, I need to alter the web page a bit.
For a front end developer that is probably very easy, I’m not one
I will try it anyway; if anyone is interested, please check my fork.
(Or, share your fork if you already modified it )
It’s a work in progress, so far I have moved the Power off functionality to the main page.
Other changes are removing changing the device’s host name on install and the google tracking.
I’m using Randy purely for radio streams, not for albums.
What I’m missing is volume control via the web interface. Atm I have to do that via alsamixer in ssh.
It is possible to use mpd to control the volume.
I would like to control it via the slider in the bottom (see the arrow), or via an up/down control in the top right.
So, I need to alter the web page a bit.
For a front end developer that is probably very easy, I’m not one
I will try it anyway; if anyone is interested, please check my fork.
(Or, share your fork if you already modified it
)It’s a work in progress, so far I have moved the Power off functionality to the main page.
Other changes are removing changing the device’s host name on install and the google tracking.
Hi @PjVervoorn @Roncauston @Sumaco !
Due to recent work (and also lack of work) obligations I just noticed how much I am missed from all your latest and earlier messages.
@PjVervoorn - Volume coming soon thanks for the nudge! after seeing your message I had some time while bringing my daughter to the swimming pool to test out some ideas and it looks like working well, I just need to wrap it up into a release.
@Roncauston
1. How can I use Bluetooth headphones?
-- There's some bluetooth libraries for RPIs I have looked into but they were a bit of a PITA at the time.
If you are installing Randy on an OS that already has bluetooth working then the connected device should appear under settings->audio devices, for example here is a screenshot from Randy running on my Macbook
2. Easier way to connect to nas.
-- As I don't have a NAS, its a bit hard for me to build something and test it out, the best right now is to follow @Sumaco excellent wiki steps here - https://github.com/PapaSimons/Randy/wiki/Setting-up-a-NAS
3. Cd player (usb) not working?
-- hmm.. it's an interesting use case and can be really cool for people who still have lots of CDs!
Some questions/thoughts:
@Sumaco - thanks so much, I am not a very savvy github user but I can look into how to add you over this week, meanwhile you can share with me your github handle.
I'll aim to put up a post this week with the latest release.
At the same time the next effort will be mainly focused on making the installation more accessible so that a wider set of people can try Randy out.
Meanwhile, every day Randy is playing radio tracks and lots of great music on my system!
Due to recent work (and also lack of work) obligations I just noticed how much I am missed from all your latest and earlier messages.
@PjVervoorn - Volume coming soon thanks for the nudge! after seeing your message I had some time while bringing my daughter to the swimming pool to test out some ideas and it looks like working well, I just need to wrap it up into a release.
@Roncauston
1. How can I use Bluetooth headphones?
-- There's some bluetooth libraries for RPIs I have looked into but they were a bit of a PITA at the time.
If you are installing Randy on an OS that already has bluetooth working then the connected device should appear under settings->audio devices, for example here is a screenshot from Randy running on my Macbook
2. Easier way to connect to nas.
-- As I don't have a NAS, its a bit hard for me to build something and test it out, the best right now is to follow @Sumaco excellent wiki steps here - https://github.com/PapaSimons/Randy/wiki/Setting-up-a-NAS
3. Cd player (usb) not working?
-- hmm.. it's an interesting use case and can be really cool for people who still have lots of CDs!
Some questions/thoughts:
- are you plugging it into a RPI and does it show up under settings in any way?
- There may be some necessary driver packages to install?
- Maybe mpv has some different way to read tracks from a CD?
@Sumaco - thanks so much, I am not a very savvy github user but I can look into how to add you over this week, meanwhile you can share with me your github handle.
I'll aim to put up a post this week with the latest release.
At the same time the next effort will be mainly focused on making the installation more accessible so that a wider set of people can try Randy out.
Meanwhile, every day Randy is playing radio tracks and lots of great music on my system!
New Randy release v1.0.20 is out!
This release is dedicated to all those situations when music is playing in the background and your spouse tries to tell you something from the other side of the apartment, or you have a zoom call coming up and you don't feel like getting up and lowering the volume on your amplifier.Of course thanks to @PjVervoorn it also appeals better to headphone listeners which need an easy volume control.
Whats new:
- Replay Gain which has been there for a while but was never announced - thanks to @DRONE7
- Volume slider right smack on the top of the player - thanks to @PjVervoorn
- Some more code optimisations and fixes for the radio browser service
** Power off button didn't make it to the front page this time but can still be found under settings.
Things you may not have noticed about Randy:
- Clicking on Randy on the top left creates a new random playlist
- You can search radio station names and also try Youtube and a few other streaming site urls and try to play them
- When Randy can't find a suitable album cover it will load a random doodle
Enjoy,
Gideon