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Topic: If full buffering has enough RAM, is FLAC uncompressed to/from buffer? (Read 3321 times) previous topic - next topic
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If full buffering has enough RAM, is FLAC uncompressed to/from buffer?

Hello to all,

This is my first post and I need some help - thanks in advance.

If the Advanced -> Playback -> Full File buffering up to setting provides enough memory for the whole song will a FLAC file be uncompressed into the buffer or from the buffer?

From the differences in the Private Bytes as seen in Sysinternals' Process Explorer, it appears that it doesn't.

Regards

If full buffering has enough RAM, is FLAC uncompressed to/from buffer?

Reply #1 –
If you really need full file buffering, try foo_ramdisk (Related discussion).
It's only audiophile if it's inconvenient.

If full buffering has enough RAM, is FLAC uncompressed to/from buffer?

Reply #3 –
Quote from: fordgtlover on
will a FLAC file be uncompressed into the buffer or from the buffer?


Good question; the former would require a lot more RAM than the latter. I assume decoding from RAM is basically free in most cases?
 

If full buffering has enough RAM, is FLAC uncompressed to/from buffer?

Reply #4 –
As it is named Full file buffering, it is about reading the (input) file. Decoding happens during the playback stage AFAIK.
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