As compression level does not affect audio quality, the only thing that this can indicate to a user is how compact the data is. Average bitrate is a much better metric of this than compression level.
On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 08:27 -0700, Mark Rudholm wrote: > What difference does it make? > > Harry Sack wrote: > > Why isn't the compression level added in a metadata block by the flac > > encoder itself (just like the encoder version)? In this way all programs > > that read the file can see what compression level was used. > > > > thx > > > > 2007/7/4, Scot Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> This has been asked many times. The answer is no. I suggest saving the > >> compression level into a tag for future reference, but that won't help > >> you > >> with files you get from unknown locations. > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > >> Behalf Of > >> *Harry Sack > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 04, 2007 7:14 AM > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Subject:* [Flac] FLAC: getting compression level using metaflac > >> > >> Hi FLAC list! > >> > >> I have a question (maybe a strange one) about getting the compression > >> level (0-8) using metaflac. > >> So I want to know for a given FLAC file what compression level was > >> used to > >> compress that file. > >> I tried using the --list option but this doesn't give any information > >> about this. > >> > >> Is there a way to get the compression level of a given FLAC file using > >> metaflac or another tool? > >> > >> thx > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Flac mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flac mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac > > _______________________________________________ > Flac mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
