How to display Dynamic Range rating in Foobar2000
Download and install the DR component from here http://dr.loudness-war.info/downloads/foo_dynamic_range_1.1.1.zip
In foobars advanced settings under tools-dynamic range meter, tick write DR meta data tags
In preferences under Media Library- Album list enter the following in the album/artist box to show bit depth, sample rate and dynamic range next to the album, or add a new one to keep the original untouched:
[%album artist% – ][%album%][ [%__bitspersample%-][%__samplerate%]][ DR%ALBUM DYNAMIC RANGE%]|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% – ]%title%
Add a new box, label it DR and enter this:
[DR%ALBUM DYNAMIC RANGE% ][%album artist% – ][%album%][ [%__bitspersample%-][%__samplerate%]]|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% – ]%title%
This will enable you, after you have scanned all of your albums, to sort them like this:
Next configure your playlist view-custom columns like this:
Then right click over the playlist bar, under columns tick DR and the DR of each track will be shown in the playlist:
Very useful!
many thanks 🙂
Hi,
I would like to know how to obtaain DR info from CDs. Info should be in copyboard but when I try to paste it there is no info. And why I cannot see DR values of each songs even DR is in column? Is there some path I should write?
Thanks a lot.
Jan
Make sure you have enabled “Write meta data” under Preferences>Advanced>Tools>Dynamic range meter.
There is also a versions of the DR meter that gives blank results, try uninstalling and using the link to the DR meter in the post.
Thanks, but what the post are you meaning?
This link, as provided above. http://dr.loudness-war.info/downloads/foo_dynamic_range_1.1.1.zip
As mentioned other versions don’t seem to work.
thanks for this!
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Great post edd9000!
Made me understand a little more about Foobar tags =)
Thanks,
James
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Hi nice, post.
It is possible to do it also for FLAC files? Because its seem that ist only work with MP3. Thnaks in advance
It works fine for flac files, I only have flac in the library used for this tutorial.
thx, interesting…
It also work with ALAC, but still in case of FLAC is not possible to write results to metadata. Do you have some special metadata plugin? Or are there some (hidden) metadata setting for FLAC?
No, nothing extra, perhaps some of your files are read only?
Yes, you was right, it was problem with read only access.
Thanks for hel and also for this perfect post.
I’ve gone through this a few times but all I get in the playlist column is “?”
Where does this plugin write the DR meta data tags? Does it alter my files?
I believe it just adds a DR tag in the metadata, so it will alter the files if metadata writing is enabled.