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Old 2005-07-17, 09:16 PM
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Re: SHN/FLAC Frontend Encoding Questions

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Originally Posted by uhclem
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You can edit the replaygain tags with foobar2k. You can also use various tagging programs. I like one called mp3tag. But there are others.
Uhclem - Good tip. I like Winamp because of some of the DSP plug-ins, so I tried mp3tag. Sure enough, given that Coltrane-LiveTraneUnderground-d01t02.flac encoded in FLAC Frontend as:

F:\Coltrane-LiveTraneUnderground-d01t02.flac
Tag guessing failed.
Format: FLAC
Details: 44100 Hz Stereo, 820 kbps, playtime 05:47
Tag: FLAC
Title:
Artist:
Album:
Year:
Track:
Genre:
Comment: Encoded by FLAC v1.1.2a with FLAC Frontend v1.7.1
REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK=0.82070923
REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN=-2.83 dB
REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK=0.99996948
REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN=-6.89 dB
FLAC tag written.

** ERRORS:
General errors: 1


If I use mp3tag to look at the tag metadata, it gives me:

COMMENT=Encoded by FLAC v1.1.2a with FLAC Frontend v1.7.1
REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN=-6.89 dB
REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK=0.99996948
REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN=-2.83 dB
REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK=0.82070923

If I click on any of these fields it allows me to edit them. Cool!
I really do not want to edit them, but at least I know they are there...

Personally,. I like the tags feature in FLAC, as it allow you to customize your tracks so when you play from your computer you know the artists, song titles, dates, and venues, without altering tghe MD5 of the file. I can customize it my way, you can do it your way, and MD5's are unaffected. Also, the Replaygain features are not carried over when you burn audio disks, it only affects computer playback.

Cheers
-guygee
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