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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Decreasing volume of an mp3 audio
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:36:20
Message-Id: h6umi0$thh$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Decreasing volume of an mp3 audio by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On 08/24/2009 08:32 PM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > is there an application, which is able to physically decrease
5 > the volume level of an mp3 with as less as possible loss of
6 > sound quality.
7
8 Unfortunately, no. There's no way to do that since the mp3 format does
9 not support any kind of "volume" meta information.
10
11 The only way to get lossless volume change is to use "Replay Gain", a
12 method that inserts volume alteration information inside the mp3's ID
13 tags. However, the player that will then play back the mp3 must support
14 Replay Gain.

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