Timothy Stockman;261473 Wrote: > In fact, normally when I run the FLAC encoder, I run it with the > "verify" option, which runs a decoder in parallel with the encoding > process to prove that, indeed, bits out = bits in. The FLAC tester > proves (beyond reasonable doubt) that bits out at a later date still = > bits in when it was encoded by making an MD5 hash of the unencoded > audio as it is being encoded. When FLAC test is run at a later date, > the audio is decoded, another MD5 hash is created and compared with the > hash generated when it was originally encoded. This proves, among other > things, version compatibility if it was encoded with one version but > decoded with another.
Surely by now you are convinced that the process is perfect and you can stop verifying? - how many times has it ever failed? ;o) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42435 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
