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MP3Gain - m4a or other formats

Does anyone know if this is still supported?  It has not been updated since 2005, with a source file for a version in 2010. (According to Sourceforge)

I know it works on mp3 files, but as I'm sure many of us have I have a bunch of .m4a files, that need to be worked on.

Only solution that I can come up with is to "convert" all the .m4a files to .mp3, but that means that they will have to be re-added to the library, playlists, and all tracking, ie rating, plays, etc will be lost. 

As my library has 25k items in it I'm looking for a solution that will not take me weeks to perform.

Biggest thing is playlists, any type of conversion removes the item from any playlist that it was in.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

MP3Gain - m4a or other formats

Reply #1 –
Simply Google for AACGain, VorbisGain, etc. if you want/need to gain the files in a way compatible with (almost) any player.

Or a subset of players like foobar2000 can simply store RG-type info in tags and gain at the time of playback.

MP3Gain - m4a or other formats

Reply #2 –
Wikipedia has a list of applications that support ReplayGain.

If you are using iTunes or have an iPod, or iPad, SoundCheck works like ReplayGain with any format by adjusting the volume at playback time.


P.S.
This is from the MP3gain website:
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08 January 2005
AACGain: Dave Lasker has added AAC support to mp3gain.exe. He wrote aacgain.exe specifically so it would work with the existing MP3GainGUI without too much trouble.
To get it all to work, go download the latest MP3Gain (either "1.2.5 Stable" or "1.3.4 Beta"). Then download AACGain. Un-zip aacgain.exe, re-name it to "mp3gain.exe", and move it into the MP3Gain folder, copying over the existing mp3gain.exe.
That's all you have to do. Now MP3Gain should handle AAC files (.m4a or .mp4).