The Traders' Den  

  The Traders' Den > Where we go to learn ..... > Technobabble
 

Notices

Technobabble Post your general Need for Help questions here.
Lossy or Lossless?
Moderators

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 2007-02-13, 04:30 PM
Alder-fish's Avatar
Alder-fish Alder-fish is offline
319.41 GB/727.05 GB/2.28
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Decoding SHN files

I've got problems opening SHN files from the David Crosby 4/18/87 show using Traders Little Helper, says 'files either corrupt or truncated'. I've not had problems before decoding files of this type, and I've downloaded this twice now with the same result. Can anyone shed any light on this please?

Last edited by Alder-fish; 2007-02-13 at 04:32 PM. Reason: missed out a word
Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes
  #2  
Old 2007-02-13, 04:31 PM
ohkeepa's Avatar
ohkeepa ohkeepa is offline
time for the last rewind
838.29 GB/2.36 TB/2.88
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: in the hall of dismay
Re: Decoding SHN files

have you tried running the MD5s to see if the file is corrupt or not?
Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes
  #3  
Old 2007-02-13, 04:38 PM
Alder-fish's Avatar
Alder-fish Alder-fish is offline
319.41 GB/727.05 GB/2.28
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Re: Decoding SHN files

I've run 'verify' in TLH which says verified Ok, but checksum does not match.
Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes
  #4  
Old 2007-02-13, 04:43 PM
ohkeepa's Avatar
ohkeepa ohkeepa is offline
time for the last rewind
838.29 GB/2.36 TB/2.88
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: in the hall of dismay
Re: Decoding SHN files

if the checksum does not match them something is wrong with the file
is the torrent still active?
Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes
  #5  
Old 2007-02-13, 05:52 PM
U2Lynne's Avatar
U2Lynne U2Lynne is offline
TTD Staff
474.39 GB/2.01 TB/4.34
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: California
Re: Decoding SHN files

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alder-fish
I've run 'verify' in TLH which says verified Ok, but checksum does not match.
This doesn't make sense to me. Isn't the verify option in TLH to verify flac files? You need to use an md5 to verify if shn files are OK. But, if the checksum doesn't match, how can the checksum verify the files as OK?
__________________
Five's Checksums Demystified - everything and anything you want to know about checksums
On a Mac? Get XLD to rip your CDs. Please see this guide - X Lossless Decoder (XLD): How to create flawless CD rips on Mac OS X


Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes
  #6  
Old 2007-02-13, 07:22 PM
pmonk's Avatar
pmonk pmonk is offline
520.32 GB/630.74 GB/1.21
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Re: Decoding SHN files

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alder-fish
I've got problems opening SHN files from the David Crosby 4/18/87 show using Traders Little Helper, says 'files either corrupt or truncated'. I've not had problems before decoding files of this type, and I've downloaded this twice now with the same result. Can anyone shed any light on this please?
If you have shntool, run a len report to see what it says.

len mode output

The output of len mode may seem cryptic at first, because it
attempts to convey a lot of information in just a little bit of
space. But it is quite easy to read once you know what the col-
umns represent; and in certain columns, what each character in
the column means. Each column is explained below.

length Shows the length of the WAVE data, in m:ss.nnn (millisec-
ond) format. If the data is CD-quality, then m:ss.ff is
shown instead, where ff is a number from 00 to 74 that
best approximates the number of frames (2352-byte blocks)
remaining after m:ss. If all files are CD-quality, the
total length will be shown in m:ss.ff format; otherwise
it will be in m:ss.nnn format. NOTE: CD-quality files
are rounded to the nearest frame; all other files are
rounded to the nearest millisecond.

expanded size
Shows the total size of all WAVE chunks within the file
(header, data and any extra RIFF chunks). Essentially
this is the size that the file would be if it were con-
verted to .wav format, e.g. with shntool conv.

NOTE: Do not rely on this field for audio size! If you
simply want to know how many bytes of audio are in a
file, run it through info mode, and look at the "data
size" field in its output.

cdr Shows properties related to CD-quality files. A 'c' in
the first slot indicates that the WAVE data is not [C]D-
quality. A 'b' in the second slot indicates that the CD-
quality WAVE data is not cut on a sector [b]oundary. An
's' in the third slot indicates that the CD-quality WAVE
data is too [s]hort to be burned.

A '-' in any of these slots indicates that the particular
property is OK or normal. An 'x' in any of these slots
indicates that the particular property does not apply to
this file, or cannot be determined.

WAVE Shows properties of the WAVE data. An 'h' in the first
slot indicates that the WAVE [h]eader is not canonical.
An 'e' in the second slot indicates that the WAVE file
contains [e]xtra RIFF chunks.

A '-' in any of these slots indicates that the particular
property is OK or normal. An 'x' in any of these slots
indicates that the particular property does not apply to
this file, or cannot be determined.

problems
Shows problems detected with the WAVE header, WAVE data,
or the file itself. A '3' in the first slot indicates
that the file contains an ID[3]v2 header. An 'a' in the
second slot indicates that the audio data is not
block-[a]ligned. An 'i' in the third slot indicates that
the WAVE header is [i]nconsistent about data size and/or
file size. A 't' in the fourth slot indicates that the
WAVE file seems to be [t]runcated. A 'j' in the fifth
slot indicates that the WAVE file seems to have [j]unk
appended to it.

A '-' in any of these slots indicates that the particular
problem was not detected. An 'x' in any of these slots
indicates that the particular problem does not apply to
this file, or cannot be determined.
__________________
You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.

Date the ban will be lifted: Never

Last edited by pmonk; 2007-02-13 at 07:30 PM.
Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes
Reply

The Traders' Den > Where we go to learn ..... > Technobabble

Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
flac decoding on mac - LROD420 Technobabble 10 2008-02-06 08:52 AM
Decoding RAR files - Sleepy Chini Technobabble 2 2006-07-02 09:27 AM
flac decoding?? - Shawn=) Technobabble 2 2005-12-15 06:57 AM
Decoding APE on Linux? - e6003 Technobabble 2 2005-07-07 09:23 AM
decoding ape files - treydaman Technobabble 4 2005-06-26 06:06 PM


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forums


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:49 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - , TheTradersDen.org - All Rights Reserved - Hosted at QuickPacket