Hi Josh, I have filed a bug and uploaded an example file.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1293830&group_id=13478&atid=113478 Thank you! Brian On 9/16/05, Josh Coalson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can you file a bug on sourceforge: > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=13478&atid=113478 > > and attach the first 100k of each file? it will help to debug > since I don't have any wave files that cause this behavior. > > Josh > > --- Free Lunch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay.. I love flac but just had a rather serious failure that really > > shakes my confidence. It resulted in the near loss of a master audio > > recording. Fortunately, I have a backup. Though there may have been > > other cases where I have lost original material because I have been > > compressing a lot of originals and deleting them after doing a 'flac > > -t' on them. > > > > Basically, flac failed with a 'warning' but still created flac > > archives which tested ok. > > > > Here's the scoop: > > > > % flac *wav > > > > flac 1.1.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004 Josh Coalson > > flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and > > you are > > welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for > > details. > > > > options: -P 4096 -b 4608 -m -l 8 -q 0 -r 3,3 > > umb.1.wav: WARNING: skipping unknown sub-chunk 'p9' > > umb.2.wav: WARNING: skipping unknown sub-chunk 'c=ΒΆ' > > % flac -t *flac > > > > flac 1.1.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004 Josh Coalson > > flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and > > you are > > welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for > > details. > > > > umb.1.flac: ok > > umb.2.flac: ok > > % ls -lt > > total 3105736 > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4186 Jun 5 00:43 umb.2.flac > > -r--r--r-- 1 b b 1933467692 Jun 5 00:43 umb.2.wav > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4186 Jun 4 22:37 umb.1.flac > > -r--r--r-- 1 b b 1243668524 Jun 4 22:37 umb.1.wav > > > > % file * > > umb.1.flac: FLAC audio bitstream data, 24 bit, stereo, 44.1 kHz, > > length unknown > > umb.1.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 24 > > bit, stereo 44100 Hz > > umb.2.flac: FLAC audio bitstream data, 24 bit, stereo, 44.1 kHz, > > length unknown > > umb.2.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 24 > > bit, stereo 44100 Hz > > > > > > % flac -v > > flac 1.1.1 > > % uname -a > > Linux foobar 2.6.7-gentoo-r11 #12 Fri Aug 12 19:40:17 EDT 2005 x86_64 > > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux > > > > > > My guess is that in this case, the wav file header may not correctly > > reflect the length of the wav file. I would think that flac could be > > coded to handle these cases correctly. > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
