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Can't seem to load AACGain into MP3Gain

The only install instructions I can find for AACGain say to unzip the program,change AACGain.exe to MP3Gain.exe, then drag it into MP3Gain. 

I have downloaded AACGain version 1.9 several times and unzipped it, but I am not finding an .exe file.

The only file listed is AACGain application I have tried changing that to MP3Gain and MP3Gain.exe and dragging the folder into mp3Gain, but AAC files will not show up in the added files column of MP3Gain, only MP3 files.

I would appreciate it if anyone can help me  with this, Thanks.

Can't seem to load AACGain into MP3Gain

Reply #1 –
mp3Gain and aacGain are very much abandoned.

The program misbehaves on recent Windows versions and causes file corruption every now and then.
People use foobar2000 instead, which has included the same functionality for both, mp3 and aac.

Can't seem to load AACGain into MP3Gain

Reply #2 –
I poked around a bit but couldn't find any documented corruption since version 1.5. I agree, though; much easier to use foobar2000. It can apply ReplayGain to MP3 and AAC files. Plus it uses the EBU R128 algorithm for determining loudness; in my experience this is more reliable than the original algorithm used by MP3Gain/AACGain.

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I am not finding an .exe file.  The only file listed is AACGain application I have tried changing that to MP3Gain and MP3Gain.exe


One of the first things I do on a new or recently reformatted Windows box is go into Explorer's folder options and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" so I can see the actual, complete file name, including the extension, e.g. ".exe".

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and dragging the folder into mp3Gain


Are you sure the MP3Gain you're dragging the audio folder into is the renamed file?

Are the file names unusual in any way? (any characters not in your system's ANSI codepage?)