shacky73 wrote: > I figured there should be a way. But why other than this problem would > I do that 🤔
One reason is that ALAC files have no built in mechanism for determining whether files have become corrupted. On the other hand, FLAC files have a built in check-sum, created and stored automatically when the FLAC file was created. Thus at anytime in the future one can run a batch program (available in lots of places and programs, free and paid) on their complete library, where each FLAC file is decoded, the decoded checksum is compared to the original stored checksum, and if they are identical, then we know the file hasn't been modified or corrupted. Every now and again, I run TEST CONVERSION in dbpoweramp on my 125,000 track library to make sure I have no corruption sneaking in. And when I create a new backup disk of my files, I always do this check on the newly copied files. I click a couple of mouse clicks and let it run overnight, and wake up to a report of any problem files. To me this is the key benefit of FLAC files versus other lossless file formats. *Home:* Pi4B-8GB/pCP8.x/4TB>LMS 8.2.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* rPi4B-4GB/pCP8.x/4TB>LMS 8.2.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win10(64)>foobar2000 *The Wild: *rPi3B+/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone11 & iPadAir3 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) *Files:* -Ripping-: dBpoweramp > FLAC; -Post-rip-: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; -Streaming:- Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116756 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
