[Flac] FLAC: getting compression level using metaflac

Harry Sack
Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:41:45 -0000

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.
>
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> *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
>
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