[span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%']MP3Gain Overview[/span]
MP3Gain analyzes mp3 files to determine how loud they sound to the human ear. It can then adjust the mp3 files so that they all have the same loudness without any quality loss. This way, you don't have to keep reaching for the volume dial on your mp3 player every time it switches to a new song......
.....Maximizing can be used to make an mp3 as loud as possible without clipping. This can be useful, but keep in mind that this will not make your mp3's the same volume. In fact, if you maximize every track on a CD, some of the original quiet tracks can become louder than the original loud tracks.
[span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%']MP3Gain Usage Guide[/span]
Clipping Removal (Maximizing)"Clipping" is when the music hits max volume and gets distorted.
To permanently remove clipping and keep volume differences between each track on an album you will need Mp3Gain:
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net (http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net)
Open MP3Gain, adjust:
Options\Advanced\Enable Maximizing Features (tick)
Click the
Track Analysis button list arrow, click
Album Analysis from the drop down list & then press the
Album Analysis button
MP3Gain will analyze the file(s) & embed an APE v2.0 tag with the analysis results into the file(s).
Now if any Mp3 file in Mp3Gain has a "Y" under the clip(Track) or clip(album) rows click
Modify Gain from the menu bar & select the
Apply Max-No-clip Gain for Album command. This will physically apply the album gain changes to the file(s).
This process is 100% lossless & reversible
Gain changes will be reflected on ANY mp3 decoder.
MP3Gain will analyze the file(s) & embed an ID3 tag with the analysis results into the file(s).
Is this a new version that uses ID3 Tags? AFAIK, previous versions used ape tags, that's why foobar displayed empty tags right after applying mp3gain
MP3Gain will analyze the file(s) & embed an ID3 tag with the analysis results into the file(s).
Is this a new version that uses ID3 Tags? AFAIK, previous versions used ape tags, that's why foobar displayed empty tags right after applying mp3gain
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Your correct.
MP3Gain will analyze the file(s) & embed an ID3 tag with the analysis results into the file(s).
Is this a new version that uses ID3 Tags? AFAIK, previous versions used ape tags, that's why foobar displayed empty tags right after applying mp3gain
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Your correct.
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ID3v2 tag support is coming. Some time in the not
too distant future.
-Glen
ID3v2 tag support is coming. Some time in the not too distant future.
-Glen
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Why not also support creating or updating a [a href="http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org/mp3infotag.html]LAME Tag[/url] with Replay Gain & MP3 Gain values?
bytes $A7-$AF Replay Gain
byte $B5 MP3 Gain
ID3v2 tag support is coming. Some time in the not too distant future.
-Glen
Please, Snelg, listen to our pleas! Take pity on us!
I use MP3Gain a lot, and I'm sure that id3v2 support will be VERY appreciated by everyone.
Many thanks in advance,
best regards.
Can someone tell me if you use mp3gain on mp3's, then convert the mp3's to waves to burn to cdr. Is the volume adjustments made by mp3gain carried over to the wave files. Or do they revert to original mp3 volumes? Also do car stereos that play mp3 discs make use of the adjustments made by mp3gain?
Thanks for any help on this newbie question.
FB
Is the volume adjustments made by mp3gain carried over to the wave files.
yes
Or do they revert to original mp3 volumes?
no
[rant]I hate it when people ask a question like this.[/rant]
Also do car stereos that play mp3 discs make use of the adjustments made by mp3gain?
Yes. These adjustments are made to the actual data.
@flashback: See HA Wiki entry for MP3gain.
In a nutshell: MP3gain works by modifying the global_gain value in each frame, and recording the delta in a custom tag to allow restoration of original global_gain. This means that it is the audio data that's being modified, instead of a mere tag. This also means that all MP3 player (and burning MP3's to CD's, or decoding MP3's to WAV's) will incorporate the replaygain modification.
Is the volume adjustments made by mp3gain carried over to the wave files.
yesOr do they revert to original mp3 volumes?
no
[rant]I hate it when people ask a question like this.[/rant]
Also do car stereos that play mp3 discs make use of the adjustments made by mp3gain?
Yes. These adjustments are made to the actual data.
Thank You
@flashback: See HA Wiki entry for MP3gain.
In a nutshell: MP3gain works by modifying the global_gain value in each frame, and recording the delta in a custom tag to allow restoration of original global_gain. This means that it is the audio data that's being modified, instead of a mere tag. This also means that all MP3 player (and burning MP3's to CD's, or decoding MP3's to WAV's) will incorporate the replaygain modification.
Thanks
Is there a way to only analyse the value of the actual volume and don't modify the mp3gain ?
I tried option -x but it still changes the value
ID3v2 tag support is coming. Some time in the not too distant future.
-Glen
I'm still really looking forward to ID3v2 support in MP3gain and have not given up hope. Perhaps Feb 15 2010?
@spies:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=49751 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=49751)
Is there a way to only analyse the value of the actual volume and don't modify the mp3gain ?
It's right there in the help screen:
/s s - skip (ignore) stored tag info (do not read or write tags)
@spies:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=49751 (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=49751)
greynol, MetaMP3 is brilliant! Thanks so much for the tip, not sure why I did not come across it before when checking on ID3v2 support in MP3gain. I was thinking of taking the same approach as MetaMP3 but doing it as a two step process. That is to run the tracks through MP3gain and then covert the APEv2 tags to ID3v2 using another tool such as dBpoweramp. Using MetaMP3 should allow me to do it in one step.
Is there a way to only analyse the value of the actual volume and don't modify the mp3gain ?
It's right there in the help screen:
/s s - skip (ignore) stored tag info (do not read or write tags)
Also, there is a difference between modifying the volume levels & writing mp3gain metadata.
Guys, does anyone know how to automatically lower the sound level of a clipped MP3 slightly below 0 dB via the command line and stay there without normalizing the volume according to any standards? In the graphical wrapper, this is called “max no-clip gain”.
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You can't. The max no-clip gain option is only present in the GUI.
The no-clip gain option is exclusively available in the GU; it cannot be accessed programmatically.