--- Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/7/25, Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi > > > > I have downloaded a FLAC file somewhere and when trying to decode > it to > > WAV it gives the error message: ERROR, MD5 signature mismatch > > So my question is now: are FLAC files that give the error message > above > > still decodable to WAV (and how can you do this, because flac.exe > doesn't > > want to decode the file), even if there is a MD5 signature > mismatch, or is > > this not possible at all?
if that is the only error given even when decoded with -F, then it got all the samples back. they are also highly likely to be the same samples that were encoded. most likely they were encoded on a machine with bad hardware (bad ram, aggressive overclocking), less likely is that the file was corrupted or tampered with. > An additional question: what happens if you re-encode a FLAC file, > that > gives the error message 'ERROR, MD5 signature mismatch' while trying > to > decode to WAV, to another FLAC file using a later version of the FLAC > encoder? I tried this and it seems to work, but I'm wondering if the > audio > data is still the same in the new file as in the old file? Or what > happens > in the re-encode process when such a input FLAC file is re-encoded to > another FLAC file? the audio data is the same, otherwise it is highly likely that you would get other errors along the way decoding. the MD5 is just a hash of the audio data. whether the audio was corrupted during the original encoding takes some investigation to figure out. Josh ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list Flac@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac