... but don't do so ad infinitum, if some processing problem is causing implausibly high output values

2020-09-15 13:43:31 +01:00
parent 1992688155
commit 334f1b891d
1 changed files with 8 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -725,6 +725,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                         << "reduced gain of " << gain
                         << " (supply --ignore-clipping to avoid this)" << endl;
                }
+                const float mingain = 0.75f;
+                if (gain < mingain) {
+                    cerr << "WARNING: Clipped values were implausibly high: "
+                         << "something wrong with input or process - "
+                         << "not reducing gain below " << mingain << endl;
+                    gain = mingain;
+                    ignoreClipping = true;
+                }
                successful = false;
                break;
            }