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Topic: Reported length is inaccurate for Dsf files (Read 2088 times) previous topic - next topic
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Reported length is inaccurate for Dsf files

Hi all.

I'm having this warning when I try, out of curiosity, to test integrity for a Dsf album. It is "Tea For The Tillerman" Cat Stevens SACD.
I'll only post one but that happens for the whole album:
"D:\Temp\1970 Tea For The Tillerman (Dsf64)\01. Where Do The Children Play.dsf"
MD5: 01CACF29E27C8619EC41C14C1CD2D2F1
CRC32: C9968021
Warning: Reported length is inaccurate : 3:53.047347 vs 3:53.053333 decoded

Is this an issue? The album plays just fine.
Thank you in advance

Re: Reported length is inaccurate for Dsf files

Reply #1 –
I just verified with my sample DSF files and indeed decoding produces longer output than file headers report. The warning is harmless if tracks are surrounded by silence, but it means true gapless playback or conversion is impossible. Either the samples have an offset and the beginning of tracks contain additional silence, or the end of the tracks contains extra noise from filters that shouldn't be there.

Re: Reported length is inaccurate for Dsf files

Reply #2 –
Hi Case.
Sorry, my reply is really late: I did not get any email or it was mistaken as spam!

Reading your conclusions, it seems quite bad, then...