Replaygain doesn't work with ID3v2.3 UTF-16 and VLC

[bob.knight]

Hi,
I was trying to setup %replaygain_track_gain% in mp3 files and I found that it works using APE tags and ID3v2.4 (UTF8) but not when using id3v2.3 (UTF16), at least with VLC player.
Why is this happening? A problem with mp3tag saving the tag?

Column:
value: %REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN%
field: %REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN%

Comment: values are saved numerically, without "db" at the end. As already said, it doesn't work with UTF16.

Thanks

[ohrenkino]

see here for the general problem of out-of-sync APE tags and ID3V2.x tags

Tags not shown or updated

Trying 3.01 and 3.01a (beta). Neither is showing tags or allowing them to be edited. I can send a sample mp3 if needed. I'd send a screenshot, but not sure how to do that in this forum...

[garym]

I don't use APE tags at all. But for all my mp3 files, they are id3v2.3 (UTF16) and the replaygain (album and track) values work properly.

[MotleyG]

No issues with mp3 files here either. Id3v2.3 and id3v2.4 working done with track and album Replaygain tags.

[Florian]

I've moved this to Support due to lack of feedback from @bob.knight Thanks to everyone else for confirming that everything works as expected.

I've also checked that ReplayGain metadata fields of ID3v2.3 tagged files using UTF-16 are correctly displayed in the Metadata tab of VLC's file information sheet.

I don't know if VLC shows somewhere in its UI when ReplayGain is applied, so I wasn't able to verify this.