jwz@jwz@mastodon.social
Dear Lazyweb,
Can someone explain to me why lame and ffmpeg have such different ideas about audio volume? Is there some conversion factor that will let me take ffmpeg's number and make it match lame's number?
For example ...
https://jwz.org/b/yksk
kajer :notverified:@kajer@infosec.exchange
@jwz@mastodon.social Out of highschool I worked as a media production tech. This was in the mix of linear tape editing to PowerMac G4s with finalcutpro.
Analog world - up to +4db on the VU meters is fine
Digital world - oh god never ever ever exceed -12db, as clicks and pops will have enough overhead to not distort / clip the final mix.
I'm guessing that this may be a legacy remnant?