What does the different 'options' mean?

2004-03-23 20:33:12

flac.exe tells me this when encoding:

options: -P 4096 -b 4608 -m -l 12 -e -q 0 -r 0,6 -V

Is there any way to verify that it uses the -8 quality I specified? The line I use is:

%s -8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "comment=EAC0.95pb5=>FLAC 1.1.0m Quality=8" -T "genre=%m" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n"

What does the different 'options' mean?

Reply #1 – 2004-03-23 21:23:12

Why the complicated command settings, when all you need is:

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flac.exe --best Filename.wav

 

Solaris

What does the different 'options' mean?

Reply #2 – 2004-03-23 21:39:52

Forgot to say, this is the command for extracting with EAC.

Tried replacing -8 with --best, flac.exe still reports the same. I'd just like to have confirmed that it is indeed using the setting for the highest compression.

What does the different 'options' mean?

Reply #3 – 2004-03-23 21:43:33

From the FLAC documentaion:
-8, --compression-level-8:  Synonymous with "-l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6"

Are you shure it reports "-r 0,6"?

What does the different 'options' mean?

Reply #4 – 2004-03-23 21:48:01

Yep, using both -8 and --best. I copied the text right from the prompt.

What does the different 'options' mean?

Reply #5 – 2004-03-23 21:56:44

Ah, it's actually ok, because you have to give a min and max value to the -r parameter. If there is only one value given it is interpreted as the max value and 0 is used as the min value.
[span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%']Stupid... I point to the docs and don't read them properly myself.[/span]

So you are encoding with the -8 or --best preset.

What does the different 'options' mean?

Reply #6 – 2004-03-23 22:02:13

That's good to hear. Thanks!