# ReplayGain plugin

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-plugin/715>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-plugin/715 "2019-04-24T17:55:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rkrug](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/rkrug/32/204_2.png) [@rkrug](https://discourse.beets.io/u/rkrug)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-plugin/715/1 "2019-04-24T17:55:14Z")

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Hi

I have a question concerning the replayGain: Can I only compute the replaygain for individual tracks, or also the album replay gain (which should be stored in a different tag)? Couldn’t find anything in the help.

Thanks,

Rainer

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-plugin/715/2 "2019-04-24T18:15:02Z")

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It calculates both (in different tags).

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**Author:** ![rkrug](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/rkrug/32/204_2.png) [@rkrug](https://discourse.beets.io/u/rkrug)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-plugin/715/3 "2019-04-24T19:29:37Z")

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Thanks. Perfect. That answers my question.

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**Author:** ![rkrug](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/rkrug/32/204_2.png) [@rkrug](https://discourse.beets.io/u/rkrug)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-plugin/715/4 "2019-04-25T12:16:49Z")

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Hm. I just tried it out, and ran:

```auto
beet replaygain albumartist:ABBA

```

and it analysed all tracks, becuse running the same command again, skipped all tracks.

Now I ran

```auto
beet replaygain -a albumartist:ABBA

```

and it analysed each album. So I assume, that the -a scans for the replaygain per album, while without the -a, scans per tracks?

If this is the case, it would be great to have a flag to analyse both in one go?

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**Author:** ![rkrug](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/rkrug/32/204_2.png) [@rkrug](https://discourse.beets.io/u/rkrug)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-plugin/715/5 "2019-04-25T12:22:18Z")

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OK - just realised, that the `-a` does both.