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FLAC / Re: FLAC - stored main chunk length differs from written length
Last post by bryant -
On to the wrong.wav
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As far as I can tell,
flac, TAK and OptimFROG reject it
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Add refalac to the list, and thanks Bryant for the attention.
I have fixed this in WavPack with this commit by rejecting such WAV files.

While I was fixing this I looked at other formats and see that CAF also has this redundancy and, unlike WAV, the format documentation clearly states that having unpacked samples is valid and gives a detailed example of the 24-bit sample in 32-bit container case (values are shifted "up" for both BE and LE).

I created a few sample files like this and found that WavPack handled them fine, except for not verifying that the proper bytes were zeroed. I tried other programs and FFmpeg and Audacity (via libsndfile) both fail on these files. The only other program that handled them correctly was (no surprise) @nu774 's Foobar2000 CAF component. Good job!

If anyone is interested, I can attach them to the thread.
 
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MP3 - General / Re: Resurrecting/Preserving the Helix MP3 encoder
Last post by Markuza97 -
potential of this encoder

What potential? Nobody is going to use this.
LAME's last quality update was over 10 years ago. Developers squeezed everything they could from MP3.
It is mature and stable encoder, tested by many experienced members here.
If you believe people will suddenly change to Helix you are wrong.

All I can see in this thread is developers wasting their time on something useless only to get yelled at in return.

We need golden eared peoplle like you to find out if there is a way to tell them apart.

lol'd :)
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: UPnP: How does the Media Library Tree work?
Last post by SimBun -
Is there another UPnP component that allows this much control over the Media Library Tree?
I guess it depends what your requirements are, as foo_upnp benefits hugely from having foobar as the backend e.g. the ability to handle CUE sheets, the playlist functionality e.t.c.

I use the licensed version of MinimServer on a Pi and I think it's just as flexible as foo_upnp (in terms of presentation). There's also AssetUPnP which does a few things differently to MinimServer, but I prefer MinimServer overall.

If you have anything specific you're looking for let me know.