Flac — Gain Fix
| Symptom | Likely Cause | The Fix | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Player ignores all gain tags | ReplayGain is disabled in software | Go into preferences and enable "ReplayGain processing" or "Volume normalization." | | Only some tracks work | Tags are corrupted or incomplete | Use metaflac --remove-tag=REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN and rescan. | | Distortion on loud tracks | Peak values are over 1.0 (clipping) | Run rsgain again with the --pre-amp -5 flag to add headroom. | | Player reads tags but volume doesn't change | Player is in "Album" mode, but you have a playlist | Switch player to "Track" gain for playlists. |
If nothing returns, the tag is missing.
It analyzes the track using a psychoacoustic algorithm to determine how loud it to the human ear. flac gain fix
A powerful command-line tool included with the official FLAC package. Use the --add-replay-gain command [19]. | Symptom | Likely Cause | The Fix