Hi FLAC list! I have a question (maybe a strange one) about getting the compression level (0-8) using metaflac. So I want to know for a given FLAC file what compression level was used to compress that file. I tried using the --list option but this doesn't give any information about this. Is there a way to get the compression level of a given FLAC file using metaflac or another tool? thx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070704/e908fb23/attachment.html
This has been asked many times. The answer is no. I suggest saving the compression level into a tag for future reference, but that won't help you with files you get from unknown locations. _____ From: flac-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:flac-bounces@xiph.org] On Behalf Of Harry Sack Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 7:14 AM To: flac@xiph.org Subject: [Flac] FLAC: getting compression level using metaflac Hi FLAC list! I have a question (maybe a strange one) about getting the compression level (0-8) using metaflac. So I want to know for a given FLAC file what compression level was used to compress that file. I tried using the --list option but this doesn't give any information about this. Is there a way to get the compression level of a given FLAC file using metaflac or another tool? thx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070704/ed2609f7/attachment.html
Why isn't the compression level added in a metadata block by the flac encoder itself (just like the encoder version)? In this way all programs that read the file can see what compression level was used. thx 2007/7/4, Scot Thompson <scot.thompson@cox.net>:> > This has been asked many times. The answer is no. I suggest saving the > compression level into a tag for future reference, but that won't help you > with files you get from unknown locations. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* flac-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:flac-bounces@xiph.org] *On Behalf Of > *Harry Sack > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 04, 2007 7:14 AM > *To:* flac@xiph.org > *Subject:* [Flac] FLAC: getting compression level using metaflac > > Hi FLAC list! > > I have a question (maybe a strange one) about getting the compression > level (0-8) using metaflac. > So I want to know for a given FLAC file what compression level was used to > compress that file. > I tried using the --list option but this doesn't give any information > about this. > > Is there a way to get the compression level of a given FLAC file using > metaflac or another tool? > > thx > > _______________________________________________ > Flac mailing list > Flac@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070705/dbef20fa/attachment.htm