[Flac] how to get flac fingerprint from a wav?

[Jeff]

Thanks for all the responses to my question.

I think I can use shntool hash option for my project

I did not find in the shntool documentation or flac documentation that the
hash or st5 always would match the flac fingerprint. But at least in a
couple tests I did they matched. And I found some more comments around the
internet indicating they were the same.

-----Original Message-----
From: rappard at dds.nl [mailto:rappard at dds.nl] 
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 12:01 AM
To: Jeff
Cc: Flac at xiph.org
Subject: Re: [Flac] how to get flac fingerprint from a wav?


> In windows command line:
>
> I have a wav file and would like to see what the flac fingerprint would
be.
>
> To do this I run flac to encode the wav file and write the flac file to
the
> hard disk. I then run metaflac to read the flac file and display the
> fingerprint.
>
> Is there an existing way or other utility to do this without generating
the
> flac file on the hard disk. I would think it could be quicker and save
time
> without writing the flac file to the hard disk.
Can't you generate the st5 file for the wav file? If I recall  
correctly st5=ffp for flac files.