[Flac] Re: FLAC: re-encode

[Josh Coalson]

with or without -f, flac doesn't check if the file gets bigger;
the user might have specified more metadata/padding or just want
to use the newer encoder because of some feature.

Josh

--- Brian Willoughby <brianw at sounds.wa.com> wrote:

> Hmm, what if the FLAC options produce a larger file on output than  
> input?  Would -f (force) cause the whole process to fail as soon as  
> the output exceeded the input?
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Apr 9, 2007, at 17:01, Josh Coalson wrote:
> 
> --- Harry Sack <tranzedude at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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



       
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