mp3rgain
Lossless MP3/AAC volume adjustment - a modern mp3gain / aacgain replacement written in Rust
mp3rgain adjusts MP3 and AAC volume without re-encoding by modifying the global_gain field in each frame. This preserves audio quality while achieving permanent volume changes.
The only actively maintained tool that performs lossless AAC/M4A bitstream gain adjustment. aacgain has been unmaintained since ~2009 and rarely builds on modern 64-bit systems. mp3rgain is the only practical option today for re-encode-free AAC volume normalization.
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Only tool with lossless AAC bitstream gain: re-encode-free
global_gainrewrite for AAC/M4A — a capability previously only available in the long-abandoned aacgain - Lossless & Reversible: No re-encoding, all changes can be undone (MP3 and AAC)
- ReplayGain: Track and album gain analysis for MP3 and AAC/M4A
- Zero dependencies: Single static binary (no ffmpeg, no mp3gain, no aacgain)
- Cross-platform: macOS, Linux, Windows (x86_64 and ARM64)
- mp3gain / aacgain compatible…