Posted by NRen2k5 on 12/05/05 13:44

Joel wrote:
> "Moo" <rodneylowe@roonster.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>>I was suprised to see that it listed many of the tracks as 'clipping',
>>>which seems to be a bad thing.
>>>
>>>Listening to the tracks, I cannot hear any problems so is it something I
>>>should be concerned about?
>
>
> I would bet that the CDs themselves contain the clipping.

Maybe, maybe not. Most CD's at present are *very* close to clipping
without actually clipping. Since MP3 is *not* a perfect representation
of the CD, it will usually end up clipping in this case. Fortunately,
it's not "real" clipping. The peaks aren't actually clipped in the MP3,
they're just clipped in playback. You can use MP3Gain to reduce the
volume of the MP3's so that they no longer clip.

- NRen2k5

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