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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 4pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I'm an undergraduate student interested in developing a flac decoder in VHDL for a semester project. I'm still in the process of gathering information about the flac specification and how it works. As time is an issue, I would like to know how long it would take to develop a flac decoder in VHDL, or any language for that matter. I know this is a very broad question, but I just need an idea of what to expect. I am good with VHDL but I don't know much about audio compression, only the basics. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</span></p>
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