FLAC fingerprints

[camus_zeke]

How can I create FLAC fingerprints using the 'flac' program under Linux?

[paddington]

Hello.


Are you using Fedora?

see here:

http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tasks.html#unix


and also



http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

[camus_zeke]

Hello.


Are you using Fedora?

see here:

http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tasks.html#unix


and also



http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

Nevermind, I figured it out - you need to use metaflac instead.

[lintoni]

Nevermind, I figured it out - you need to use metaflac instead.

Yep!

For anybody else curious, open terminal in folder containing flacs and type:

metaflac --show-md5 *.flac>fingerprints.ffp

This will create a textfile (suffixed ffp) that contains your fingerprints.

As a side note, you can do a lot of useful things with lossless files (flac, shn) using the etree-scripts package (search for it in your package manager, or using your search engine of choice).

[dcbullet]

You have to type using lixus? Egads.

[lintoni]

You have to type using lixus? Egads.

Nah, for the splashy typists amongst us, open a terminal and then copy and paste

metaflac --show-md5 *.flac>fingerprints.ffp

;)

[spidergawd]

Nah, for the splashy typists amongst us, open a terminal and then copy and paste

metaflac --show-md5 *.flac>fingerprints.ffp

;)

Or even write a fancy shell script, and associate it with .flac files in the desktop environment, making it second or third right-click option (leaving a media player as first option).

What's lixus?

[lintoni]

Or even write a fancy shell script, and associate it with .flac files in the desktop environment, making it second or third right-click option (leaving a media player as first option).

What's lixus?

It's the new chinese made luxury car.

[spidergawd]

It's the new chinese made luxury car.

Oh, thanks. I thought it was called a Rixus.....

[lintoni]

No, the Rixus is a motorised rickshaw, but lacks aircon and stereo. I hope this helps.