[Flac-users] flac -t script / test vs. verify

[Josh Coalson]

--- "David W. Tamkin" <dattier at panix.com> wrote:
> Related question: according to the longer help file, if you use the
> "verify"
> option during encoding, flac checks its own work as it goes along,
> decoding
> the bit of flac data it has just calculated and comparing the results
> to the
> .wav data it had used as input.  If you're going to run flac -t later
> to test
> the .flac file, isn't it redundant to have verification on during
> encoding?

yep.

> If you know (for example, if you encoded the file yourself) that -V
> was used
> during encoding and that flac reported "Verify OK," is there any
> reason to
> test the file?

nope, unless you suspect the file of being corrupted some
time after encoding.

Josh


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