I have been always using FooBar2000 to add ReplayGain tags to my music library (consisting of .mp3 or .ogg files). On my new computer I would like to avoid installing Wine for just this task.
Are there any native tools that I can use for the same purpose?
I don't mind if they are command-line only, or to use two different programs for mp3 and ogg, but I want to be absolutely certain that they only write a tag and do not mess with the original file otherwise, e.g. by actually reencoding at a different volume.
Best Answer
Instead of being "a bit scared" or following unrelated links, why not simply read the manual?
From
man mp3gain
:So it only modifies the audio stream if you tell it to, otherwise it writes to tags only.
Side note: many of the URLs posted in comments are not related to current
mp3gain
found in Ubuntu: they are either terribly outdated or they refer to the windows version.Whenever in doubt as how a given command works, always try
man
first. If that is not enough (or no man page available), use the correct upstream website, which can be checked in Ubuntu's package page.