Re: lost sync warning
Måns Rullgård <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.audio.sox |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Mac <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > > I did some normalization of some mp3 files and on some got the warning: > > sox WARN mp3-util: MAD lost sync That means the mp3 decoder didn't find a frame sync code where it expected one. This could be due to file corruption or simply a trailing ID3 tag. > The resulting files seem to be ok, i.e. they seem to play from beginning to > end (I have the pre normalization version of the file for comparison) > > Also, the resulting files are much smaller. Sometimes megabytes smaller. > Whats up with that? The output probably uses a lower bit rate setting. > And, does normalizing an mp3 multiple times degrade the audio? Yes. -- Måns Rullgård ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot