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flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by ledestin » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:31 pm

how to make use of flac 1.3.1 in latest audacity 2.1.1 under linux mint 64bit?
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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by steve » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:47 pm

Either:
build Audacity from the source code and specify the local library for Flac (included in the full Audacity source code)
or
build Audacity from the source code with the Flac 1.3.1 development library installed on your machine,
or
Install the command line Flac 1.3.1 encoder on your machine and use the "external program" option when exporting (http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ex ... ogram.html)
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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by ledestin » Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:20 pm

ok, i have installed flac_1.3.1-4_amd64.deb right now https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/wily/amd64/flac/1.3.1-4

it would be great if someone could help me with the commandline for external flac.

thank you in advance
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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by steve » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:23 pm

What version of Flac is your build of Audacity currently using? Do you really need to use an updated version?
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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by ledestin » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:28 pm

yes, i need to ;)

it is version 1.3.0, my archive is 1.3.1, so it would be a regression.

besides, curious to see flac not being mentioned in the manual at all?
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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by steve » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:24 pm

There is no difference in Flac format between 1.3.0 and 1.3.1. The main differences are a few small encoding/decoding speed improvements to the encoder/decoder.
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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by ledestin » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:58 pm

yes, i know. but as i pointed out already, i would like the version to conform to my archive and also make use of the few small improvements.
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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by Gale Andrews » Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:28 am

ledestin wrote:curious to see flac not being mentioned in the manual at all?
See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ex ... compressed and the links thereon.

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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by Gale Andrews » Fri Oct 23, 2015 1:54 am

ledestin wrote:it would be great if someone could help me with the commandline for external flac.
The base reference is the page Steve referred to: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/ex ... ogram.html.

That doesn't have FLAC examples, but the version of that page for the next 2.1.2 release of Audacity does have FLAC examples.

See https://xiph.org/flac/documentation_tools_flac.html for FLAC command-line syntax and options.

Assuming you default-installed FLAC, this Audacity command exports a FLAC file without any options:

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/usr/bin/flac - -o "%f"
This command exports a FLAC file, specifying TITLE and ARTIST tags:

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/usr/bin/flac - -T "TITLE=Bohemian Rhapsody" -T "ARTIST=Queen" -o "%f"
This assumes you specify the file name for the exported file in "Name:" in Export Audio.


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Re: flac 1.3.1 + audacity 2.1.1

Post by ledestin » Sun Oct 25, 2015 10:10 am

hi gale,

thank you for your help. indeed, flac 1.3.1 is default installed to /usr/bin/flac.

so with: /usr/bin/flac - -o "%f.flac" i could export to flac.

curiously the flac file still states version 1.3.0 20130526?
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