[Flac] FLAC: re-encode

[Josh Coalson]

--- Harry Sack <tranzedude at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
> 
> is it possible to re-encode an existing FLAC file by using the FLAC
> file itself as input to the encoder like this: flac -V --best
> inputfile.flac OR do you have decode it to WAV first?

yes you can re-encode from FLAC.  that command works but if you want
it to go back to the same file you have to add the -f (force) option.

http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_flac.html

> are there some data integrity checks I can do on a downloaded FLAC
> file? If yes, can you give me the command line options/other software
> I need for this? I want to do some tests on downloaded files to check
> if they are corrupted after downloading

use flac -t

a lot of the things you are asking are covered in the documentation
and faq.

Josh



       
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