The FLAC standard allows for frames to be stored "as-is", specifically with the "SUBFRAME_VERBATIM" type - http://flac.sourceforge.net/format.html#subframe_verbatim Spoon's implementation is likely using this feature to store uncompressed data within a valid FLAC file that can be understood by any compliant FLAC decoder.
-Ben Allison > What dbPowerAmp does is encapsulate the wav file into a FLAC container > without actually compressing it. I guess it can be a bit arguable if you > can technically call it a FLAC file :) > It's like using "Store" mode in RAR, for instance. The idea behing this > "uncompressed FLAC" is to give the FLAC tagging abilities to people who > don't want to compress their files. But as WAV is lacking in the tags > department (some workarounds, but most players are not compatible with > those), dbPowerAmp uses the FLAC structure and inputs the uncompressed > data inside. > As far as I understood from the webpage, that's it. I don't think that > option is available with the command-line flac. I think dbPowerAmp (and > this is me purely speculating, mind you) manually builds the file by > adding a FLAC header where the tags can be stored and then inserts the > uncompressed wav in the data field of the file or something equivalent. > > Cheers, _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list Flac@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
