On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 05:27:40PM -0700, Malcolm Baldridge wrote: > > > FLAC and Ogg/FLAC are different formats > > I know. > > > libsndfile [post 1.0.11] will automagically get Ogg/FLAC support > > The current libflac supports Ogg containering of the FLAC streams, and it > works very well. I've been opening these FLAC files with old Cool Edit Pro > .ogg plugins, so I know it's generating compatible files. > > > If any of that paragraph made sense to you, and you'd like to help Erik > > and I with developing FLAC support, please get in touch :) > > A long long time ago (back when Oh Sucks 10.1 shipped I think?), in a galaxy > far far away (Australia), I've helped Erik to fix up his AIFF/AIFC handling > to allow it to correctly process the audio files Oh Sucks presents to the > filesystem when you insert an audio CD. I would imagine alot of the heavy > lifting of the Ogg containered FLAC support is done for you in the latest > FLAC library, though I'm way out on a limb here. > > I might be able to lend a hand. cool, well, Erik's putting libsndfile up on a public Arch mirror any day now, so familiarize yourself with Arch if you haven't already (I'm still getting used to it) and be on the libsndfile mailing list :) http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-arch/ Conrad.
