Gang -

I searched but could find nothing.

I have my FLACs at 97.9% peak and when I convert w/ fb2k, the resulting MP3 is 100% and is clipped.

Is there a way to remedy this?

Thanks gang!

That might happen, since MP3 (or any lossy encoding) only try to approximate (closely) the original waveform. Your original waveform (FLAC) is probably waaay to close to the max to allow headroom for MP3 to encode without clipping.

If you use fb2k I would suggest setting the replaygain pre-amp to some negative values to reduce the peaks of the waveform before it encodes to MP3.

Happens all the time. I encode a lot of FLAC-->MP3 (bootleg shows in FLAC) and the original RG info says the peak is around 0.97 or so, and the album peak afterward ends up being 1.2. If you can't hear it, it doesn't matter.

You can also let the encoder scale down the waveform while decoding (using replaygain and maybe clip-prevent-mode). The clipping is then gone, since it is produced at decoding time.

EDIT: Typo