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Considering FLAC...

Reply #25 –
Hi guys,

Rather than starting a new thread, I'll add to this one (found via search).

I'm currently ripping my 700 cd collection to FLAC using EAC.
Then I'll use foobar or a script, to encode to LAME a-p-s, or OGG-6 (haven't decided yet).  I may end up doing both eventually

I have two noob questions:

1. does replaygain info survive en/transcoding?  If I replaygain the FLAC's, and then oggenc, or lame-encode them, will the replaygain info survive as metatags into the new ogg/mp3 file? 
OR, should I do the conversion to ogg/mp3 first, and then run vorbisgain/replaygain on the resulting encoded files?

2. is there any way to know whether there's replaygain info in a flac/mp3/ogg file?  I tried running ogginfo on a file, but didn't see anything there.

Thanks,
-John

Considering FLAC...

Reply #26 –
RG info will not survive transcoding

Foobar2000 will show RG info
"You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight."  Neil Peart  'Resist'

Considering FLAC...

Reply #27 –
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1. does replaygain info survive en/transcoding?  If I replaygain the FLAC's, and then oggenc, or lame-encode them, will the replaygain info survive as metatags into the new ogg/mp3 file? 
OR, should I do the conversion to ogg/mp3 first, and then run vorbisgain/replaygain on the resulting encoded files?

The replaygain info can by copied over easily (I do it with oggdropXP) but it won't be *exactly* the same as a newly calculated replaygain using the new file. The difference will be small enough that it shouldn’t be perceivable during playback though (nothing to worry about IMO).
 

Considering FLAC...

Reply #28 –
Thanks guys.

I'll plan on doing a big gain-setting session *after* encoding, just to be safe.

Cheers,
-John