On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:23:41PM +0200, Kai Vehmanen wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > >> There is an upcoming version of libsndfile which will allow reading > >> and writing of FLAC at 8, 16 and 24 bits through the standard > > Hmm ... ecasound currently pipes to the flac commandline tools for > > reading/writing flac files. I gather from this thread that those tools > > don't handle 24 bits, yet (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Kai, or > The command-line line flac tool _does_ support 24bit sample format (since > at least 1.0.4 flac version). For example: > ecasound -f:32,2,44100 -i alsa,default -o foo.flac > ecasound -f:32,2,44100 -i foo.flac -o alsa,default > ... should sound ok (tested with ecasound-2.3.5 and flac-1.1.0). > > Erik if you know, how involved is adding flac support via libsndfile > > to ecasound? > No extra steps needed, just install the new libsndfile and you are > ready to go (replace '-o foo.flac' with '-o sndfile,foo.flac'). Great. Thanks Kai. -- Eric Dantan Rzewnicki | Systems Administrator Technical Operations Division | Radio Free Asia 2025 M Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036 | 202-530-4900 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact network@xxxxxxxx
