Why isn't the compression level added in a metadata block by the flac encoder itself (just like the encoder version)? In this way all programs that read the file can see what compression level was used.<br><br>thx<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/7/4, Scot Thompson <<a href="mailto:scot.thompson@cox.net">scot.thompson@cox.net</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">This has been asked many times. The answer is
no. I suggest saving the compression level into a tag for future
reference, but that won't help you with files you get from unknown
locations.</font></span></div><br>
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[Flac] FLAC: getting compression level using metaflac<br></font><br></div><div><span class="e" id="q_11391c915a58c14c_1">
<div></div>Hi FLAC list!<br><br>I have a question (maybe a strange one) about
getting the compression level (0-8) using metaflac.<br>So I want to know for a
given FLAC file what compression level was used to compress that file.<br>I
tried using the --list option but this doesn't give any information about this.
<br><br>Is there a way to get the compression level of a given FLAC file using
metaflac or another tool?<br><br>thx<br></span></div></div>
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