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

[Brian Willoughby]

I don't think you'll find any mention of other programs in the  
documentation.  What is important is that both signatures  
(fingerprints) are calculated on the uncompressed audio only.  Both  
documentations mention this fact.  They would not match if the  
compressed audio were used, and they would not match if the entire  
file were fingerprinted because the headers outside the audio data  
could easily differ (especially if you flac archive a bwf and restore  
to wav - they sound identical, but the headers are changed).

Brian Willoughby
Sound Consulting


On Feb 8, 2008, at 01:58, Jeff wrote:
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.