hi I have some questions about re-encoding existing FLAC files to FLAC 1.2.0.: - can older 1.1.x FLAC files be re-encoded to FLAC 1.2.0 by using the FLAC 1.2.0 encoder? - can FLAC files encoded with the FLAC Flake SVN encoder (or any other 'unofficial' FLAC encoder) be re-encoded by using the FLAC 1.2.0 encoder? thx in advance! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070725/dd0f6d3c/attachment.html
2007/7/25, Harry Sack <tranzedude@gmail.com>:> > hi > > I have some questions about re-encoding existing FLAC files to FLAC 1.2.0 > .: > > - can older 1.1.x FLAC files be re-encoded to FLAC 1.2.0 by using the FLAC > 1.2.0 encoder? > > - can FLAC files encoded with the FLAC Flake SVN encoder (or any other > 'unofficial' FLAC encoder) be re-encoded by using the FLAC 1.2.0 encoder?To be a bit more clear: I mean of course re-encoding the FLAC files without decoding them to WAV files manually, so by letting the FLAC encoder do all the work. thx thx in advance!> >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070725/ae7a33a0/attachment.htm
--- Harry Sack <tranzedude@gmail.com> wrote:> hi > > I have some questions about re-encoding existing FLAC files to FLAC > 1.2.0.: > > - can older 1.1.x FLAC files be re-encoded to FLAC 1.2.0 by using the > FLAC 1.2.0 encoder?yes, flac can take FLAC files as input, but there is no compression advantage going from 1.1.4 to 1.2.0> - can FLAC files encoded with the FLAC Flake SVN encoder (or any > other > 'unofficial' FLAC encoder) be re-encoded by using the FLAC 1.2.0 > encoder?yes, if they are FLAC compliant ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow
Harry, I wrote a little command line utility for this in C# - the lib it uses is a little overkill for the task but it does work. As Josh noted there is no compression gain, so I wouldn't bother unless you have FLAC's encoded with older versions. I also think Josh said there's a .BAT file out there that does the same thing. Here's the file: http://idsharp.com/download/reflac02.zip It creates backups and shows encoder/decoder windows by default, you can turn these off with -nb (no backups) and -nw (no windows). Have flac.exe in the same directory as the tool and run something like: reflac -8 -r "c:\flac" Which will reflac all .flac files in c:\flac, revursively (-r), with compression level 8 (-8). The source is available if you're interested. On 7/25/07, Josh Coalson <xflac@yahoo.com> wrote:> > --- Harry Sack <tranzedude@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi > > > > I have some questions about re-encoding existing FLAC files to FLAC > > 1.2.0.: > > > > - can older 1.1.x FLAC files be re-encoded to FLAC 1.2.0 by using the > > FLAC 1.2.0 encoder? > > yes, flac can take FLAC files as input, but there is no compression > advantage going from 1.1.4 to 1.2.0 > > > - can FLAC files encoded with the FLAC Flake SVN encoder (or any > > other > > 'unofficial' FLAC encoder) be re-encoded by using the FLAC 1.2.0 > > encoder? > > yes, if they are FLAC compliant > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated > for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > _______________________________________________ > 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/20070725/96353956/attachment-0001.html