hi, is it possible to re-encode an existing FLAC file by using the FLAC file itself as input to the encoder like this: flac -V --best inputfile.flac OR do you have decode it to WAV first? thx
--- Harry Sack <tranzedude@gmail.com> wrote:> hi, > > is it possible to re-encode an existing FLAC file by using the FLAC > file itself as input to the encoder like this: flac -V --best > inputfile.flac OR do you have decode it to WAV first?yes you can re-encode from FLAC. that command works but if you want it to go back to the same file you have to add the -f (force) option. http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html> are there some data integrity checks I can do on a downloaded FLAC > file? If yes, can you give me the command line options/other software > I need for this? I want to do some tests on downloaded files to check > if they are corrupted after downloadinguse flac -t a lot of the things you are asking are covered in the documentation and faq. Josh ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
Hmm, what if the FLAC options produce a larger file on output than input? Would -f (force) cause the whole process to fail as soon as the output exceeded the input? Brian On Apr 9, 2007, at 17:01, Josh Coalson wrote: --- Harry Sack <tranzedude@gmail.com> wrote:> is it possible to re-encode an existing FLAC file by using the FLAC > file itself as input to the encoder like this: flac -V --best > inputfile.flac OR do you have decode it to WAV first?yes you can re-encode from FLAC. that command works but if you want it to go back to the same file you have to add the -f (force) option. http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html