[vorbis] Is Vorbis prone to clipping?

[Headless]

Friday, July 4, 2003, 02:46, you wrote:

>> with the Lame MP3 encoder I reduce the amplitude of the input signal
>> prior to encoding with the --scale option to prevent clipping that can
>> be introduced due to resampling errors.
>>
>> Is Vorbis prone to this sort of clipping?

> It can be, for much the same reasons as mp3. oggenc has a --scale option as 
> well, if you want to use it.

Not in my version (OggEnc from vorbis-tools-1.0-win32.zip):

OGGENC.EXE: unrecognized option `--scale'
WARNING: Unknown option specified, ignoring->

> Or you could just encode normally, and use the replaygain stuff that others
> have mentioned. That works well if your player(s) support it.

That would address potential decoder clipping, encoder clipping can still
occur afaics.

<p>Headless

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