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Old 2nd July 2009   #8
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Originally Posted by Marando View Post
When the original wav file maxes out at -0,1dB, I allmost always have audio clipping in the mp3 file, even when I encode it in 320kbit. Anyone else experienced the same?
Yes, this has been already discussed on this board. Any lossy encoding changes peak signal levels, every peak can randomly become higher or lower. This often leads to clipping, unless some headroom is left.
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