[Flac-dev] compression

2008-02-20 Thread Harry Sack
hi can we expect much better compression (like the step to v. 1.2.x) in future versions of the flac encoder or are we at maximum compression level now? thx ___ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev

[Flac-dev] general question

2007-09-14 Thread Harry Sack
hi is it true flac began on *nix systems and development is still being done on that platform because i never read things about windows compilers on the mailing list? thx ___ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo

[Flac-dev] compiling win32 version

2007-09-14 Thread Harry Sack
hi what compiler is used to compile the flac.exe in the installer: visual studio or a gcc cross-platform compiler? thx ___ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev

Re: [Flac-dev] Support .cda as input files

2007-09-14 Thread Harry Sack
does anybody know why dvd use files for audio and video but audio cd's not? What could be the reason for this? e.g. they could make a file for each track and just put them on an audio cd and make cd players compatible with this format. So for me it has always been a mystery why audio cd's work this

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-10 Thread Harry Sack
2007/9/9, Josh Coalson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > --- Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2007/9/8, Josh Coalson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > it actually is complicated. the libFLAC api is not suited to a > > > multithreaded desi

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-09 Thread Harry Sack
ves EXTREME funny and incorrect statements like: - 'multiple core support won't give a performance boost' - 'it's impossible to implement multiple threads in an audio encoder' I recommend you to study IT (like I did) and get your master's degree and after that maybe

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-09 Thread Harry Sack
very annoying. > I just say that the way it is now it's IMpossible to make multiple core support, that's all. It's just a fact :) Harry -- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Harry Sack > *Sent:* Saturday

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-08 Thread Harry Sack
2007/9/8, Brian Willoughby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Ralph, > > The problem is that there is no clear advantage, at least in terms of > multiple cores, to the approach you're asking about. In order to > allow each stage of the codec to overlap, you need smart buffering > between each stage. That a

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-08 Thread Harry Sack
will never come and the flac encoder will never have multiple core support? thx --- Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2007/9/7, Avuton Olrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > On 9/6/07, Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

[Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-07 Thread Harry Sack
ifference because you can let the recording software say write x blocks of pcm data and you just encode these using multiple threads to flac. So it's perfectly possible to do it here too, but it's not really needed. It's only useful for encoding existing files. Harry Brian W. &g

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-07 Thread Harry Sack
2007/9/7, Avuton Olrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 9/6/07, Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it's really not complicated I think: only api changes to write on any > > Please get started writing a patch, immediately. I'm just an IT student and

[Flac-dev] Re: multiple core support

2007-09-06 Thread Harry Sack
Sometimes the complexity is > actually reduced by dedicating a thread to each part of the game > logic. And precisely because there are so many different things > going on, multi-threading can speed things up when they overlap in > unpredictable ways. Games would be harder to write i

[Flac-dev] FLAC: compression ratio

2007-08-27 Thread Harry Sack
hi flac-dev list! I see, when compressing CD-audio tracks, I can reach up to 60% (ratio = 0.6x) of the original WAV file after compression. I was wondering if the FLAC codec could become as good as reaching 50% of the original WAV file in the future or if we are already at the (almost) maximum com

[Flac-dev] FLAC: general question

2007-08-21 Thread Harry Sack
hi dev'ers is it true flac is developed in linux by Josh and later compiled in windows? I was also wondering if Josh implemented the flac encoder/decoder all by himself ? just some questions because I'm interested in flac in general :) thx ___ Flac-de

Re: [Flac-dev] FLAC: library for C#

2007-06-14 Thread Harry Sack
2007/6/14, Josh Coalson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: --- Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Harry Sack wrote: > > > Hi FLAC dev's list, > > > > I'm looking for a library for the C# language (Microsoft .Net > > Framework 2.0or hig

[Flac-dev] FLAC: library for C#

2007-06-13 Thread Harry Sack
Hi FLAC dev's list, I'm looking for a library for the C# language (Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0or higher) to play FLAC files and/or maybe do some other things like getting the file duration, file properties, ... of FLAC files. The library must preferably be free (open source is not required, but

Re: [Flac-dev] compression ratio

2007-05-15 Thread Harry Sack
2007/5/14, Josh Coalson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: --- Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > > i was wondering if it's possible to tell me what the theoretical best > compression ratio the flac encoder can do, because i was wondering > what the future of flac wi

[Flac-dev] compression ratio

2007-05-12 Thread Harry Sack
hi i was wondering if it's possible to tell me what the theoretical best compression ratio the flac encoder can do, because i was wondering what the future of flac will bring us. So this question is probably best addressed to Josh: can we suspect much better compression ratio in the future or is

[Flac-dev] flac tools ppc

2007-05-11 Thread Harry Sack
hi, i'm looking for the flac tools (flac ,metaflac) for windows mobile (pocket pc). are they available somewhere ? thx ___ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev

[Flac-dev] FLAC: Windows wildcards support

2007-04-01 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, I have read this on the sourceforge site: Windows wildcards support for FLAC and Metaflac *Private: (?) * No The Linux shell support wildcards but not the Windows shell. Would it be possible to add wildcard support for Windows? Example with Windows: metaflac --add-replay-gain *.flac Giv

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: FLAC: same features as WavPack

2007-03-30 Thread Harry Sack
2007/3/29, Brian Willoughby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Mar 29, 2007, at 12:44, Harry Sack wrote: 2007/3/29, Josh Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > As far as I know 24 bit FLAC support is broken. It often doesn't > compress the audio at all, but instead stores the

Re: [Flac-dev] Re: FLAC: same features as WavPack

2007-03-29 Thread Harry Sack
ge, and I believe it is typical to not > compress intermediate storage anyway. In other words, there's no > real point for this support in FLAC, which is why it isn't there. > > Do you have a specific need? ... other than to see the support > listed as a bullet item on th

[Flac-dev] Re: FLAC: same features as WavPack

2007-03-29 Thread Harry Sack
hy WavPack has implemented this feature (what the possible reason could be) and why FLAC didn't implement it. Can you give me some reasons WavPack has this feature? thanks in advance Brian Willoughby Sound Consulting On Mar 29, 2007, at 10:24, Harry Sack wrote: Hi, I have read this on a foru

[Flac-dev] FLAC: same features as WavPack

2007-03-29 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, I have read this on a forum: 'FLAC supports 24-bit audio fine. My understanding is that the FLAC format also handles 32-bit ints, but the reference encoder does not implement it, and FLAC has no support for float data. WavPack handles all integer bitdepths up to 32-bit and also 32-bit floats

[Flac-dev] FLAC algorithms

2007-03-29 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, Is there some documentation available about the algorithms FLAC uses? I'm talking about some high-level descriptions of the algorithms, which I can read without having to understand the source code. thanks in advance ___ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-

[Flac-dev] FLAC library for the Microsoft .Net Framework

2007-03-29 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, Does there exist a FLAC library for the Microsoft .Net Framework for using with C#? thanks ___ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev

[Flac-dev] FLAC: windows installer not up-to-date

2007-03-22 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, I wanted to let the FLAC developers know the windows installer ( http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp) is still the old 1.1.3 version Harry ___ Flac-dev mailing list Flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev

[Flac-dev] FLAC: best ripping software?

2007-03-21 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, I was hoping somebody could answer me this question:. I'm looking for the best audio CD ripper software, maybe somebody can tell me what you think is the best ripper available? The operating system it runs on is not important, I just want to know what's considered the best audio cd ripping so

[Flac-dev] FLAC winamp plugin

2007-03-19 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, What is the best way to play FLAC files in winamp? Using the in_flac.dll plugin provided in the flac-1.1.4-win.zip file and copying it to the Plugins subdirectory of winamp or using the plugin that's provided by winamp itself? Are there differences between those 2 plugins? It's not really cl

[Flac-dev] FLAC: players for Pocket PC

2007-03-19 Thread Harry Sack
hi, I don't know if this message belongs on the mailing list, so sorry if it is not for this mailing list. I was wondering if somebody knows a player for Pocket PC (windows mobile 2003) that can play FLAC files on the Pocket PC. thanks in advance! Harry _

[Flac-dev] FLAC 1.1.4 installation problem

2007-03-19 Thread Harry Sack
Hi, I want to compile and install FLAC 1.1.4 from source code and I have run this like explained in the README: ./configure && make && make install I have left out the "make check". Everything builds OK and is installed. But then when I want to run "flac", I get this error: $ flac flac: error