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OK Steve, many thanks for the explanation. Knowing that, I'll try & figure out what options will do similar in ffmpeg / ffmpeg-normalize.

All the best,
Jim

Thanks for your time & help. In this case I was really trying to find out if Audacity is using ffmpeg behind the scenes to do the normalization & what ffmpeg options would be needed to get same results as Audacity. I've been trying ffmpeg-normalize . I know this is a question about ffmpeg *and* Auda...

Thanks both for your time & the very informative replies. I understand it now.

All the best,
Jim

Thanks for reply.

Please give a link and the exact quote.

Here's the quote from this section:

there are three ways to bring the peak up to 0 dB (+1.0 to -1.0 on the vertical scale).

"Normalize the maximum amplitude" to -0.0 dB

Thanks.

The default setting for Normalize maximum amplitude in Audacity 2.2.1 is -1 dB. When I leave it at this I get a peak of -1 to +1 on the vertical scale. However the manual page talks about bringing the peak up to 0 dB. This doesn't seem to tie up. Could it be made a bit clearer? ps: is the Normalize ...

Can anyone tell me what Audacity uses under the hood for its normalization effect? I've used Normalize in Audacity with the default options: Remove DC offset Normalize max amplitude to -1.0 dB and it does what I want. However I'd like to use ffmpeg so I can apply to audio in a video. I've been tryin...