Hi all, Quite some time ago, it became clear that Windows 10 would feature out-of-the-box decoding support for the FLAC format. However, I discovered today that Windows 10 will feature FLAC encoding support as well, in the CD rip feature of Windows Media Player. It seems that Microsoft decided to take the reference implementation, as the generated files have "reference libFLAC 1.3.0 20130526" as their vendor string. However, the files generated are slightly larger than my FLAC 1.3.0 compile gets them when run with the -0 switch, and no padding is added to the files. This would suggest that Microsoft has 'tuned' FLAC to deliver files are large and slow as possible? FLAC is not the only one though, Apple Lossless has been added to the mix in the same way, but (properly) creates smaller files.
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 01:28:22PM +0200, mvanb1 at gmail.com wrote:> > FLAC is not the only one though, Apple Lossless has been added > to the mix in the same way, but (properly) creates smaller files.Can anyone on the list (possibly someone who works for MSFT) get this fixed before Win10 is released? -- -Dec. --- "Mosaic is going to be on every computer in the world." - Marc Andreessen, 1994
On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:18 AM, Declan Kelly <flac-dev at groov.ie> wrote:> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 01:28:22PM +0200, mvanb1 at gmail.com wrote: >> FLAC is not the only one though, Apple Lossless has been added >> to the mix in the same way, but (properly) creates smaller files. > > Can anyone on the list (possibly someone who works for MSFT) get this > fixed before Win10 is released?What size differences are we talking about? How many types of files are affected? What is the percent difference in size for the typical file? Brian