by Mpegger » Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:08 pm
When syncing files to my portable devices, no matter what method I use with MM5, it never completely/correctly keeps the Replay Gain information within the tags.
I just tried syncing 1100 files and the Replay Gain information in the tags was only kept in about 1/4 of the files, even though ALL files have the Replay Gain embeded in the tags. These are not files being re-encoded on sync, this is just a straight copy to the destination sync. It's almost as if MM5 is stripping the Replay Gain information from the files, which I verified both on the portable device it was being synced to, as well as checking the files in Foobar2000. Re-encoding on sync also always removes the Replay Gain so using volume leveling is a must, though it still doesn't save any Replay Gain information to the exported/synced file tag.
In order for the music to export with proper volume leveling, I either have to re-encode everything with volume leveling enabled, or, after exporting the files, use Foobar2000 to analyse and embed the Replay Gain in the exported/synced files. And right now, that's what I have to do; use MM5 to tag and build a list of music to sync, run the sync to a local folder, run Foobar2000 to analyse/reapply the Replay Gain information, THEN finally sync the files to my devices. It's the only way I've found to have everything with a Replay Gain embeded tag and/or proper volume leveling.
Is Replay Gain just broken in MM5? There are some other threads out there that ask the same question for some months yet never seen to get any resolution.
When syncing files to my portable devices, no matter what method I use with MM5, it never completely/correctly keeps the Replay Gain information within the tags.
I just tried syncing 1100 files and the Replay Gain information in the tags was only kept in about 1/4 of the files, even though ALL files have the Replay Gain embeded in the tags. These are not files being re-encoded on sync, this is just a straight copy to the destination sync. It's almost as if MM5 is stripping the Replay Gain information from the files, which I verified both on the portable device it was being synced to, as well as checking the files in Foobar2000. Re-encoding on sync also always removes the Replay Gain so using volume leveling is a must, though it still doesn't save any Replay Gain information to the exported/synced file tag.
In order for the music to export with proper volume leveling, I either have to re-encode everything with volume leveling enabled, or, after exporting the files, use Foobar2000 to analyse and embed the Replay Gain in the exported/synced files. And right now, that's what I have to do; use MM5 to tag and build a list of music to sync, run the sync to a local folder, run Foobar2000 to analyse/reapply the Replay Gain information, THEN finally sync the files to my devices. It's the only way I've found to have everything with a Replay Gain embeded tag and/or proper volume leveling.
Is Replay Gain just broken in MM5? There are some other threads out there that ask the same question for some months yet never seen to get any resolution.