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Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #25 –
Quote from: bryant on
Quote from: Fairy on
I'm planning on transcoding my entire Wavpack collection to flac so I can enjoy music on my android device.
That seems like a lot of trouble. Aren't there any Android players you like that support WavPack? I know Foobar2000 does.
GoneMad is quite the competent player on android and supports playback of WavPack.

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Fairy on
Are there any settings that makes FLAC get near the compression ratio of WavPack?
Not really: FLAC is optimized for decoding speed, not for the absolute max compression. I use WavPack on a few files, but I do not use the extra high setting. You cannot have it both.
(That said, TAK impresses me - it is the only thing that can compete both with FLAC on speed and with WavPack on compression.)

Quote from: arkhh on
Using -ep in FLAC is just not worth it, too slow for almost the same compression.
IIRC, that is even more true with 1.3, where the -8 setting got more clever.

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #27 –
Well, I need a player that can connect to the files on my server (Windows SMB).

I am a foobar addict, but never knew it was available on android. Will try that tonight. I hope I can get SMB support there or any other method that works with Windows.

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #29 –
A new pre-release is out:
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Hi all,

New pre-release here is at:
  http://mega-nerd.com/tmp/flac-1.3.2pre3-win.zip
  http://mega-nerd.com/tmp/flac-1.3.2pre3.tar.xz

Changes:
* Fix tests with Makefile.lite build system.
* Fixes for non-Intel CPUs.

MD5 and SHA256 sums:

md5sum flac-1.3.2pre3*
  61aa8597a220303daf4beb2b8756979d  flac-1.3.2pre3.tar.xz
  8b470ceac02340600db73bc6daea4fc7  flac-1.3.2pre3-win.zip

sha256sum flac-1.3.2pre3*
  9f3e333db6bf9aea8fa211a0d598ec28e2e24c47830ba2f585dc5647b756e4c8  flac-1.3.2pre3.tar.xz
  f0af11afb7f2187317677fd719cad1493d3bd52d0498a4facc8a937ce366ba88  flac-1.3.2pre3-win.zip

Really need someone to test the Windows binaries because I don't have Windows.

Erik
Anyone here using Windows who can put it to the test? This version has a good chance of becoming the Final if everything goes well.
Every night with my star friends / We eat caviar and drink champagne
Sniffing in the VIP area / We talk about Frank Sinatra
Do you know Frank Sinatra? / He's dead

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #30 –
And the title of this message is "1.3.2pre3 (Hopefully final)".
So if you want to test FLAC pre-release then please do it now.

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #31 –
Did some testing on Windows with pre3. I hope this info is useful.
Got no errors, seems 1.3.2pre3 is a tad slower, but shaves of some bytes compared to 1.3.1.


Test setup
System info:
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
CPU: Intel i7-4700MQ
SSD: 850 Evo

Encoders used:
- v1.3.1 x64 from xiph.org http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-1.3.1-win.zip
- v1.3.2pre3 x64 from this thread

Using Foobar2000
- Command: "-s -V --ignore-chunk-sizes -8 - -o %d"
- Test 1 is with metadata. Test 2 and 3 is without.
- No attached pictures, neither before or after conversion
- I closed all other programs but foobar2000


TEST 1: 1553 flac files (only file size comparison)
v1.3.1: 43 356 518 257 bytes
v1.3.2pre3: 43 337 307 601 bytes


TEST 2: One huge WAV to FLAC, from ssd to ssd, single core performance and output size.
Original: WAV 44.1khz 16bit
Duration: 6:45:47.887
Size: 4 294 967 300 bytes

.WAV -> v1.3.1
Size: 2 851 985 379 bytes
Time: 2:32

.WAV -> v1.3.2pre3
Size: 2 851 850 574 bytes
Time: 2:52


TEST 3: One huge wave64 to FLAC, from ssd to ssd, single core performance and output size
Original: Wave64 44.1khz 16bit
Duration: 2d 9:52:20.193
Size: 36 751 210 120 bytes

.WAVE64 -> v1.3.1
Size: 24 274 277 266 bytes
Time: 24:45
   
.WAV64 -> v1.3.2pre3
Size: 24 272 811 306 bytes
Time: 25:55

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #32 –
Quote from: o-l-a-v on
Did some testing on Windows with pre3. I hope this info is useful.
Thanks! I've shared your findings on the dev mailinglist.
Every night with my star friends / We eat caviar and drink champagne
Sniffing in the VIP area / We talk about Frank Sinatra
Do you know Frank Sinatra? / He's dead

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #33 –
Just did some quick testing on an already flac album using the xiph binaries (1.3.2 was just released) on my FX8320. ~137x on 1.3.1 and ~135x on 1.3.2. Only difference was 20kb smaller on 1.3.2. Was using -8.

Re: FLAC 1.3.2 pre1 release

Reply #34 –
For me, flac 1.3.1 is a bit faster. Using an Intel i5 4460 @ 3.2 GHz

flac 1.3.2 x64: Total encoding time: 0:04.353, 126.18x realtime, File size : 66.1 MB (69 322 460 bytes)
flac 1.3.1 x64: Total encoding time: 0:02.902, 189.27x realtime, File size : 66.1 MB (69 322 460 bytes)