There's a related problem, involving LAME -- it writes replaygain info to the file header. VLC displays it; mp3tag thinks it's an APE tag; but removing APE tags doesn't get rid of it. According to the LAME spec, "nothing" understands this tag - yet - but to avoid any issues in future I'd like to ge…

[image] Run MP3Gain from MP3Tag! Now that I know about the --noreplaygain switch, I can prevent LAME from creating the track-gain tag in future -- but that doesn't get rid of the many that I already have. You can use foobar with right click->Utilities->Fix vbr mp3 header to get rid of the repl…

[image] Run MP3Gain from MP3Tag! If there's a way for mp3tag to remove the LAME replaygain header, that would be really useful. You could test if one of the named utilities helps to clean up - see here: [image] How to check files for errors? Howto It’s re…

[image] Run MP3Gain from MP3Tag! There's a related problem, involving LAME -- it writes replaygain info to the file header. VLC displays it; mp3tag thinks it's an APE tag; but removing APE tags doesn't get rid of it. Is it possible that you share such a song? If you want, you can send the lin…

[image] Run MP3Gain from MP3Tag! mp3tag thinks it's an APE tag; but removing APE tags doesn't get rid of I never had the case that MP3Tag thinks that the replaygain-part of the lame-header is an ape-tag. BTW: The lame-parameter --noreplaygain disables writing raplaygain to the lame-header.

Well, I can assume then that the APE tags I was seeing -- which were very sparsely populated -- came from some form of magic. These were files I had ripped using Easy Audio Copy, which EasyAC compressed to both FLAC and MP3 after ripping. Maybe they have nothing to do with the LAME replaygain tags. …

dBPoweramp Music Converter also features the ability to calculate and add tags for track and album gain, as well,as adding the choice of either for iTunes if you are setting up your files for that format. All works very quickly and reliably for me without impacting the actual audio file. Works with …

[image] markf: but that doesn't get rid of the many that I already have. If you don't want to know which tag is used (and share such a sample file), you can maybe get rid of the replaygain information with this tool MP3Gain . There is a command line and GUI version of the tool. On the command…

[image] LyricsLover: If you don't want to know which tag is used (and share such a sample file), you can maybe get rid of the replaygain information with this tool MP3Gain . That is no tag. The lame replaygain-information is in the lame-header.

[image] poster: That is no tag. The lame replaygain-information is in the lame-header. If this is true, maybe the tool " LameTag " can help @markf to solve his problem. If someone else is interested in the technical details http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org/mp3infotag.html Please read the section …

Thank you for the suggestion. I will try that and report back.

I can't figure out how to share a copyrighted file without breaking the law. But I am slowly working my way through the various suggested programs to see what happens, and I will report anything I find out.

LAME and unwanted ReplayGain fields

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ohrenkino July 15, 2019, 7:23pm 2

You could test if one of the named utilities helps to clean up - see here: