wvgain.exe: is there a possibility of a lossy normalization mode also?, [TOS #5] From “wvgain converts ID3v1 tags…keep them as ID3?” TID:90293 Options

[wilhelmm]

Maybe it's a bit bold to come back to this topic again, and to make a request..
However, since WavPack has a lossy mode in addition to the normal lossless mode, would such a lossy mode not be a good option for WvGain, too? To let the user decide whether he/she wants a truely lossless increase of the sound volume or accepts a slight degradation of the audio data?

The background of my question is that some of my audio CDs (in particular classical music) have very weak sound volumes. The most CD rippers offer a "normalization" but not in album mode. And that's the problem, because you do not want the titles belonging to a classical work to be equal in volume. Only album mode makes sense with such music.

Presently, I must rip this music to wav files, then use wavegain in album mode to increase the volume and then convert the files with WavPack. I think that's a very inconvenient procedure.

[db1989]

Maybe it's a bit bold to come back to this topic again, and to make a request..

Since that topic was about something quite different, and you appear to have had doubts, why not just err on the side of caution and create a new thread? Split.