Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Replay Gain for Different Formats

2012-01-07 Thread emalvick
JJZolx;682195 Wrote: Since the ReplayGain values are computed for the decoded Vorbis tracks, they could be different than for their lossless counterparts. I know that with Mp3 files it's common to have ReplayGain peak values above 1.0 due to the encoding that cuts off high frequencies. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Replay Gain for Different Formats

2012-01-06 Thread JJZolx
Since the ReplayGain values are computed for the decoded Vorbis tracks, they could be different than for their lossless counterparts. I know that with Mp3 files it's common to have ReplayGain peak values above 1.0 due to the encoding that cuts off high frequencies. I imagine Vorbis does something

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Replay Gain for Different Formats

2012-01-03 Thread Fozzy
I have an album which I had previously ripped to Ogg Vorbis format. I am now attempting to rip it to FLAC format but is seems in the intervening years the CD has become damaged and some tracks won't rip. I am therefore proposing to keep the Ogg Vorbis files for those tracks and use FLAC files

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Replay Gain for Different Formats

2012-01-03 Thread lrossouw
Fozzy;681224 Wrote: I have an album which I had previously ripped to Ogg Vorbis format. I am now attempting to rip it to FLAC format but is seems in the intervening years the CD has become damaged and some tracks won't rip. I am therefore proposing to keep the Ogg Vorbis files for those

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Replay Gain for Different Formats

2012-01-03 Thread emalvick
I suggest comparing the track gain for a couple of tracks that you can rip with FLAC and their OGG counterparts. I can't see why there would be a difference, but it might be worth checking that the RG values are similar on a track level. It could then probably make the assumption that the