# ReplayGain in FLAC

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replaygain-in-flac/17718>\
**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Created:** [March 5, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replaygain-in-flac/17718 "2016-03-05T16:03:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replaygain-in-flac/17718/1 "2016-03-05T16:03:36Z")

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I would like to know, how does ReplayGain works on FLAC file format?

I have been using [MP3Gain](http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/). With it I can pump up the volume and revere that process without quality loss. But I use it for the opposite: if I have to edit and MP3 file, which happens to be pumped up, I can lower it down before encoding it to WAV for those editing purposes. In a matter of fact, I do this every time for new MP3 files [because I always do some editing on new files, so it's more efficient for me to do unnecessary RG operation for around 90% files that to go back for those 10% later on that do really need it]

Unfortunately MP3Gain does not works with FLACs [or other files]. So I have three question:

**1]** Does ReplayGaining on FLACs works the same way? I mean: if a FLAC file is pumped up, do I have to [should to] lower it down before encoding to WAV [just like MP3]? Or maybe that gain info is stored somehow differently in them; and so audio in WAV won't show up raised as it is in FLAC [from which that WAV was created]?

**2]** Does ReplayGaining on WavPacks works the same way? Do all file files are treated the same way with this process?

**3]** What [preferably as simple as MP3Gin] software could I use to check / change replay gain on FLACs [and maybe some other files]? All I found was foobar2000, but it doesn't seem to work neither for FLACs and MP3's ["remove ReplayGain information from files" just do not affect my MP3, which I can change with MP3Dain

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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replaygain-in-flac/17718/2 "2016-03-16T17:52:42Z")

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> [@zerow](#):
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> I would like to know, how does ReplayGain works on FLAC file format?  
> [...]

And here are the answers: [http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=90539](http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=90539)