[flac-dev] exhaustive-model-search issue results in multi-gigabyte FLAC file

[Justin Ruggles]

On 07/16/2013 09:26 AM, Bastiaan Timmer wrote:
> Some more possibly interesting information:
> 
> 1. With me, both flac 1.2.1 and 1.3.0 fail to produce a flac file at all. They both end with:
> 
> 
> snippet6.wav: 35% complete, ratio=0,781
> snippet6.wav: ERROR during encoding
>               state = FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_FRAMING_ERROR
> 
> This is after my entire RAM is filled up (could that be the reason? my swap remains nearly unused though).
> 
> 2. Flake has no problems with the file, but the file turns into 16 bit when doing that. The resulting flac file can 
> 
> be decoded and encoded by flac without issues.

FWIW, more recent Flake that supports 24-bit also encodes it properly,
with 0.771 ratio.

-Justin