ReplayGain - Replacing iTunes Album Normalization WIth iTunes Track Normalization?

[RetroBurner]

I have - unfortunately - ripped a substantial number of CD tracks with iTunes Album Normalization on instead of iTunes Track Normalization in my ReplayGain tagging settings. How can I replace all of the iTunes Album Normalization ReplayGain tags with iTunes Track Normalization ReplayGain tags without 1) having to re-rip all of these tracks and 2) without wiping out the "regular" Track and Album ReplayGain data already attached to these tracks?

[Spoon]

Batch Converter >> Select whole music base folder

Click Convert, set the Encoder at the Top to [ReplayGain] and choose the options you want.

[RetroBurner]

TYVM, that is immensely helpful!

A follow-up question: does having an iTunes Album or Track normalization tag on a FLAC or Opus file cause music players to ignore the actual "normal" Album and Track normalization tags? Should I take care to always make sure that iTunes tags are never on non-m4a/AAC files, or is it ok to just load all of my files up and slap all the various ReplayGain tags on them in one huge batch process?

Thanks again for your help with this!

[Spoon]

It would depend on the player, in a m4a file players would likely look first for the apple normalization values, as that would be more common than replaygain tags.

[GBrown]

A follow-up question: does having an iTunes Album or Track normalization tag on a FLAC or Opus file cause music players to ignore the actual "normal" Album and Track normalization tags? Should I take care to always make sure that iTunes tags are never on non-m4a/AAC files, or is it ok to just load all of my files up and slap all the various ReplayGain tags on them in one huge batch process?

I can answer from experience. I use Replaygain Album and Track normalization as well as iTunesd Album normalization on every file I have. MOst are in lossless m4a ALAC format. But I also have a mix of FLAC and mp3 files as well. Every player on PC, Android, and even iOS that is not from Apple uses the Replaygain tags. Only iTunes and Apple Music pay any attention to the iTunes normalization info.

[RetroBurner]

I can answer from experience. I use Replaygain Album and Track normalization as well as iTunesd Album normalization on every file I have. MOst are in lossless m4a ALAC format. But I also have a mix of FLAC and mp3 files as well. Every player on PC, Android, and even iOS that is not from Apple uses the Replaygain tags. Only iTunes and Apple Music pay any attention to the iTunes normalization info.

TYVM for this info! I think I’ll use the Batch Converter to remove the iTunes Normalization tags from the non-m4a files I already have. And then I’ll remove them from my FLAC and Opus extractor ReplayGain settings going forward.