I have FLAC files that I would like to re-encode with --replay-gain. I have my Flac's organized in Artist/Album folders, so I should have no problem getting an album gain/peak per album. Do I need to first de-code the flac's to wav files and then "flac --replay-gain *.wav", or can this be accomplished by going to each Album directory and "flac -f --replay-gain *.flac"?
I use foobar2000 to apply or remove the replay gain. May or may not be the best solution but it seems to work fine for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Decline" <rutlecorps at gmail.com> To: <flac at xiph.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:13 AM Subject: [Flac] flac --replay-gain> > I have FLAC files that I would like to re-encode with --replay-gain. I > have my Flac's organized in Artist/Album folders, so I should have no > problem getting an album gain/peak per album. > > Do I need to first de-code the flac's to wav files and then > "flac --replay-gain *.wav", or can this be accomplished by going to each > Album directory and "flac -f --replay-gain *.flac"? > _______________________________________________ > Flac mailing list > Flac at xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac >
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Jeff C <northofbolton at rogers.com> wrote:> I use foobar2000 to apply or remove the replay gain. ?May or may not be the > best solution but it seems to work fine for me. >can somebody explain replaygain a bit - is it kinda like normalization but w/o modifying the files (just giving software a number to use to obtain the level boost needed?) and how does track vs album gain work (doesn't seem like you could use both at same time if i'm at all understanding)> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Decline" <rutlecorps at gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 9:13 AM > Subject: [Flac] flac --replay-gain >>> I have FLAC files that I would like to re-encode with --replay-gain. ?I >> have my Flac's organized in Artist/Album folders, so I should have no >> problem getting an album gain/peak per album. >> >> Do I need to first de-code the flac's to wav files and then >> "flac --replay-gain *.wav", or can this be accomplished by going to each >> Album directory and "flac -f --replay-gain *.flac"?
"flac -f --replay-gain file.flac" will always calculate the replay gain (even if file.flac already has replay gain tags) "metaflac --add-replay-gain file.flac ..." also always (re)calculates --- On Wed, 12/30/09, Ron Decline <rutlecorps at gmail.com> wrote:> From: Ron Decline <rutlecorps at gmail.com> > Subject: [Flac] flac --replay-gain > To: flac at xiph.org > Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 6:13 AM > > I have FLAC files that I would like to re-encode with > --replay-gain.? I have my Flac's organized in > Artist/Album folders, so I should have no problem getting an > album gain/peak per album. > > Do I need to first de-code the flac's to wav files and then > "flac --replay-gain *.wav", or can this be accomplished by > going to each Album directory and "flac -f --replay-gain > *.flac"?