[Flac] Re: FLAC: re-encode

Brian Willoughby
Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:44:16 -0000

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.