Thread: SBE Explanation
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Old 2005-04-25, 03:05 PM
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SBE Explanation

I recently wanted to hear a file (in flac) on Foobar that I download last year, and when I loaded it into Foobar it was bright red (thanks Five).

So, I ran Shntool and got this:

length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename
7:46.03 82209184 -b- -- ---xx Rock and roll/Celebration Day.flac
5:38.04 59632592 -b- -- ---xx Black dog.flac
6:24.65 67889468 -b- -- ---xx Over the hills and far away.flac
7:08.29 75566600 -b- -- ---xx Misty Moountain hop.flac
8:10.40 86530876 -b- -- ---xx Since ive been loving you.flac
14:11.25 150175668 -b- -- ---xx No quarter.flac
9:29.14 100405684 -b- -- ---xx Song remains the same the rain song.flac
27:12.25 287944152 -b- -- ---xx Dazed And Confused.flac
11:28.05 121374772 -b- -- ---xx Stairway to Heaven.flac
13:23.17 141689032 -b- -- ---xx Moby Dick.flac
7:53.70 83602844 -b- -- ---xx Heartbreaker.flac
7:04.01 74796612 -b- -- ---xx Whole Lotta Love.flac
5:03.16 53488048 -b- -- ---xx The Ocean.flac
130:53.15 1321.13 MB (totals for 13 files, 0.5389 overall compression ratio)

So I used shntool fix option and I got this:

E:\Music Downloads\Led Zeppelin\1973\1973.07.21 Providence, Rhode Island\Fixed>shntool len *.wav
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename
7:46.02 82207148 --- -- ----- Rock and roll - Celebration Day-fixed.wav
5:38.04 59632652 --- -- ----- Black dog-fixed.wav
6:24.65 67890524 --- -- ----- Over the hills and far away-fixed.wav
7:08.29 75567452 --- -- ----- Misty Mountain hop-fixed.wav
8:10.40 86530124 --- -- ----- Since ive been loving you-fixed.wav
14:11.25 150175244 --- -- ----- No quarter-fixed.wav
9:29.15 100406924 --- -- ----- Song remains the same the rain song-fixed.wav
27:12.25 287943644 --- -- ----- Dazed And Confused-fixed.wav
11:28.05 121375004 --- -- ----- Stairway to Heaven-fixed.wav
13:23.17 141689228 --- -- ----- Moby Dick-fixed.wav
7:53.70 83601884 --- -- ----- Heartbreaker-fixed.wav
7:04.01 74795996 --- -- ----- Whole Lotta Love-fixed.wav
5:03.18 53491580 --- -- ----- The Ocean-fixed.wav
130:53.16 1385307404 B (totals for 13 files, 1.0000 overall compression ratio)

I then decided to decompress the flac files with teh SBE's to wav using flacfrontend and the the recompress with align on sector bounderies and I got this:

length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename
7:46.02 82207148 --- -- ---xx Rock and roll - Celebration Day.flac
5:38.04 59632652 --- -- ---xx Black dog.flac
6:24.65 67890524 --- -- ---xx Over the hills and far away.flac
7:08.29 75567452 --- -- ---xx Misty Moountain hop.flac
8:10.40 86530124 --- -- ---xx Since ive been loving you.flac
14:11.25 150175244 --- -- ---xx No quarter.flac
9:29.16 100409276 --- -- ---xx Song remains the same the rain song.flac
27:12.25 287943644 --- -- ---xx Dazed And Confused.flac
11:28.05 121375004 --- -- ---xx Stairway to Heaven.flac
13:23.17 141689228 --- -- ---xx Moby Dick.flac
7:53.70 83601884 --- -- ---xx Heartbreaker.flac
7:04.01 74795996 --- -- ---xx Whole Lotta Love.flac
5:03.18 53491580 --- -- ---xx The Ocean.flac
130:53.17 1321.13 MB (totals for 13 files, 0.5395 overall compression ratio)


To make a long story short, is this what happens when you convert a .wav file to flac without --sector-align option?????
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