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Topic: Does removing padding remove data or does it just remove what’s not required (Read 992 times) previous topic - next topic
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Does removing padding remove data or does it just remove what’s not required

If say I use metaflac or ID3 to remove the padding for FLAC and MP3s'.

ID3.exe command:
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ID3 -2 -s 0 "file"

metaflac.exe  command:
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metaflac --preserve-modtime --dont-use-padding --remove --block-type=PADDING "file"

If I use the commands for both to remove padding, does it affect any existing tags (remove them) or does it just remove what's not needed with regards to padding?