Hello Dan Johnson, hello list, It's really weird that there's no working command line player for FLAC files. Dan Johnson created flac123 (licensed under the GPL) to fill that gap, and started the flac-tools project. Unfortunately, flac123 doesn't work anymore with the latest FLAC, and the flac-tools project has been idle for more than a year. I created a patch that makes flac123 work again with the latest flac (tested with 1.1.0), and improves the libao driver selection. It also fixes a configure issue when searching for libFLAC (libFLAC depends on libm on some systems). The patch is attached to this messsage. But why is this relevant to the flac-dev list? Well, I think flac123 should be incorporated into the main FLAC distribution. Since FLAC already distributes various plugins, it would IMO be a small step to start distributing a command line player like flac123 too. FLAC provides a standalone tool to encode and decode files, but none for playback. I'm willing to maintain flac123, either in the FLAC project, or in flac-tools, or even as a separate fork, although I really prefer the first option. FLAC just needs a simple, working and widely available command line player. What do you think? Sander
there is alsaplayer, which has a command line interface and supports flac. alsaplayer -i text song.flac Sander Roobol wrote:> Hello Dan Johnson, hello list, > > It's really weird that there's no working command line player for FLAC > files. Dan Johnson created flac123 (licensed under the GPL) to fill that > gap, and started the flac-tools project. > > Unfortunately, flac123 doesn't work anymore with the latest FLAC, and > the flac-tools project has been idle for more than a year. > > I created a patch that makes flac123 work again with the latest flac > (tested with 1.1.0), and improves the libao driver selection. It also > fixes a configure issue when searching for libFLAC (libFLAC depends on > libm on some systems). The patch is attached to this messsage. > > But why is this relevant to the flac-dev list? Well, I think flac123 > should be incorporated into the main FLAC distribution. Since FLAC > already distributes various plugins, it would IMO be a small step to > start distributing a command line player like flac123 too. FLAC provides > a standalone tool to encode and decode files, but none for playback. > > I'm willing to maintain flac123, either in the FLAC project, or in > flac-tools, or even as a separate fork, although I really prefer the > first option. FLAC just needs a simple, working and widely available > command line player. > > What do you think? > > Sander > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger > for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and > disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX > and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com > _______________________________________________ > Flac-dev mailing list > Flac-dev@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-dev >
I think it's a good idea, Whats more, I think flac123 is an excellent introduction to flac programming, its a very simple program and a great starting point for incorporating flac into new projects. The FLAC API doco is good, but there's nothing like a simple example to get you going! Dave On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 01:58, Sander Roobol wrote:> Hello Dan Johnson, hello list, > > It's really weird that there's no working command line player for FLAC > files. Dan Johnson created flac123 (licensed under the GPL) to fill that > gap, and started the flac-tools project. > > Unfortunately, flac123 doesn't work anymore with the latest FLAC, and > the flac-tools project has been idle for more than a year. > > I created a patch that makes flac123 work again with the latest flac > (tested with 1.1.0), and improves the libao driver selection. It also > fixes a configure issue when searching for libFLAC (libFLAC depends on > libm on some systems). The patch is attached to this messsage. > > But why is this relevant to the flac-dev list? Well, I think flac123 > should be incorporated into the main FLAC distribution. Since FLAC > already distributes various plugins, it would IMO be a small step to > start distributing a command line player like flac123 too. FLAC provides > a standalone tool to encode and decode files, but none for playback. > > I'm willing to maintain flac123, either in the FLAC project, or in > flac-tools, or even as a separate fork, although I really prefer the > first option. FLAC just needs a simple, working and widely available > command line player. > > What do you think? > > Sander > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger > for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and > disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX > and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com > _______________________________________________ > Flac-dev mailing list > Flac-dev@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-dev-- David Collett <jg@webone.com.au>
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 03:58:22PM +0100, Sander Roobol wrote:> Hello Dan Johnson, hello list, > > It's really weird that there's no working command line player for FLAC > files. Dan Johnson created flac123 (licensed under the GPL) to fill that > gap, and started the flac-tools project.Starting with version 0.5.2, VLC ( http://www.videolan.org/vlc ) supports flac. VLC is fully useable from the command line. Flac support is still very basic in VLC, but it's a start :). If anyone wants to test it, please report any trubble to me or vlc-devel@videolan.org Have fun Sigmund Augdal
--- Sigmund Augdal <sigmunau@stud.ntnu.no> wrote:> On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 03:58:22PM +0100, Sander Roobol wrote: > > Hello Dan Johnson, hello list, > > > > It's really weird that there's no working command line player for > FLAC > > files. Dan Johnson created flac123 (licensed under the GPL) to fill > that > > gap, and started the flac-tools project. > > Starting with version 0.5.2, VLC ( http://www.videolan.org/vlc ) > supports > flac. VLC is fully useable from the command line. Flac support is > still very > basic in VLC, but it's a start :). > > If anyone wants to test it, please report any trubble to me or > vlc-devel@videolan.orgCool, I added a link on the FLAC page. As for flac123, it would actually be nice to revive that, and at the same time migrate the plugins there (to flac-tools I mean, kind of like the separate vorbis packages libvorbis and vorbis-tools). It's all getting to be a little more that I can keep up with right now and most of the TODO items now are in the tools. Josh __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com