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Topic: Flac.exe vs. Metaflac.exe Replay Gain (Read 3361 times) previous topic - next topic
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Flac.exe vs. Metaflac.exe Replay Gain

Why (if I understand the documentation correctly) does flac.exe with the --replay-gain option store Replay Gain data in Flac tags rather than in Vorbis comments, as metaflac.exe does?

Flac.exe vs. Metaflac.exe Replay Gain

Reply #2 –
the metaflac doc might be confusing, I'll fix that.

BTW there is a bug in 1.1.4 and 1.2.0 that if you specify --replay-gain with flac, but no padding option, it will make only a tiny padding block, not the default padding (this is fixed in CVS).  so until next release you should always specify '-P 8192' (or whatever size you want) with --replay-gain if you want padding.

Flac.exe vs. Metaflac.exe Replay Gain

Reply #3 –
Thanks for the responses, but my understanding isn't a lot better than before.

What is a Vorbis comment "in a way"?  If a program is capable of reading standard Vorbis RG comments, should it also read these "in a way" values?

Josh, I take it you mean to say that Metaflac and Flac both store RG values in exactly the same manner?
 

Flac.exe vs. Metaflac.exe Replay Gain

Reply #4 –
FLAC tags and Vorbis comments are 2 names for the same thing.  originally when I implemented tags in FLAC to match the vorbis comment spec, I called them vorbis comments, but it was confusing people so I switched terminology.