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FLAC / Re: Flac Decode CPU requriemets by preset ?
Last post by Porcus -
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I'm just curious it so how much does the FLAC preset change the CPU decoding standard?
Some percents, but very little compared to switching to other codecs: http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html .

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I'm also curious to the effect from Flacout which definitely uses a lot more CPU for encoding, but again wondering if the gains to decoding would be negligible.

FLAC will not exceed a certain decoding complexity. If you allow "non-subset" streams - and Flacout does by default - you can get to slower decode than you can see in that study, but it will still be very fast. Encoding time does not translate to decoding time for FLAC.


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I'm under the vague idea that generally lossless encoding  levels doesnt increase much on the decoding stage but I have no idea why I have that idea stuck in my head
It is by and large true with FLAC, but false with e.g. Monkey's.

FLAC can go up in complexity, but if you use the "normal" tweaks to get FLAC compressed better, it will just try more different models. E.g. with the reference flac.exe, then flac -8 and flac -8pe -A "subdivide_tukey(<big number>)" will just try a ton of different tweaks on predictors up to order 12, and then pick which one happens to be the best. It will not "pack heavier".

Monkey's on the other hand, will pull out a heavier algorithm and then it has to unpack it with the same complexity.
WavPack started out with that logic, but has for long also been able to do processing that only costs encoding time, not decoding time (the -x1 to -x6).


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Bonus curiosity.
I went with flac since it seem very supported and opensource so not to go away any time soon.
I'd say that is a good choice.

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Monkey audio and optimfrog seems to be more dangerous to use from archiving, but I could be wrong.

OptimFROG is closed source, and has changed algorithm every now and then to find better compression.
Monkey's is nowadays free and open source. Monkey's has also kept a stable bitstream for years and years, assuming you compress CDDA. But for multi-channel and float, you won't get ffmpeg to decode it, for example.
WavPack has been FOSS for a while as well.
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Site Related Discussion / Re: Hydrogenaudio IRC channels
Last post by Sophia55 -
Thanks for the update! It’s good to know that the Hydrogenaudio community has moved to Libera Chat for more stability. Definitely makes sense to join #foobar2000 as well since it’s more active. Hopefully, everything stays smooth on Libera without the uncertainty of Freenode’s random changes. See you in the channels!
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FLAC / Flac Decode CPU requriemets by preset ?
Last post by sven_Bent -
I'm just curious it so how much does the FLAC preset change the CPU decoding standard?

Right now im just doing -8 since I want smallish possible files and dont care about encoding requirments. but im wondering if the tine gains between the presets would cause big increase in decoding demands. i fond at list once i think but have not been able to re-find it

I'm also curious to the effect from Flacout which definitely uses a lot more CPU for encoding, but again wondering if the gains to decoding would be negligible.

I'm under the vague idea that generally lossless encoding  levels doesnt increase much on the decoding stage but I have no idea why I have that idea stuck in my head

Bonus curiosity.
I went with flac since it seem very supported and opensource so not to go away any time soon.
Monkey audio and optimfrog seems to be more dangerous to use from archiving, but I could be wrong.
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General - (fb2k) / Re: UPnP MediaRenderer output | discussion
Last post by AndyL -
I'm attempting to play 5.1 FLAC files on my Denon AVR-X2800H receiver but the audio stream is stereo only. Is this a limitation of the component or is there something I can change in the configuration to enable multichannel output?
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: NEW ESLyric v0.5 - an alternative lyric show component
Last post by Defender -
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Pseudo-transparency might still be used under PSS, but there probably aren't many other scenarios where it's applicable now. PSS hasn't been updated for a long time, and I hardly ever use it anyway.
PSS is what I have chosen.

The same issue applies when running ESlyrics from a more modern splitter that supports transparency like JSplitter, which I also use.
Point is that the standard solid background or just the cover as a background is not much use imo.
Can you provide a configuration that uses JSplitter and requires a transparent background?
Sure. But in what form?

Can I send/attach a simple FCL?
This will require fooBar x86 (2.24.3)., Columns UI (3,0 beta 6), JSplitter (3.6.1.14) on your end.

Or do you need a complete portable?