[Flac-dev] Rice coding

[Pyt]

Yup, I'm indeed only dealing with 16 bit files for the time being. Thanks
for the hint.

Pyt.

On Jan 3, 2008 8:43 AM, <ameyap at gmail.com> wrote:

> yeah the chnage is not entered in the change log.. it helps in achieving
> better compression for 24 bit files.. an i think it came in as a mistake cvs
> merge in 1.2.1 encoder ..
> neways i think Josh's( jcoalson ) reply on this thread is helpfull http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t57624.html
>
> my guess is u r not using 24 bit files thts why older decoder is able to
> decode it.. an then again not all 24 bit files will make use of that
> enhacement :)
>
>   On 1/3/08, Pyt <py.thoulon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >   Going in details through the FLAC format specification, I realize that
> > there are 2 rice coding methods now supported for residual encoding. I
> > thought I remembered in the 1.1.3 times that there was only 1 method
> > (with 4-bit Rice parameter) [or was I drunk ? ;-)]. Going through the change
> > log, I didn't find any reference to such an addition to the format.
> >
> > Now, the decoder implementation I'm working on only implements the
> > 4-bit-parameter-method; I've been using it extensively, including on files
> > encoded with the reference encoder v1.2.1, and never stumbled on that
> > second method. Does the reference encoder implement that yet ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Pyt.
> >
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