flac VS serenity

The Xiph.org foundation maintains FLAC and they have a list of tools that might be helpful.

# MediaInfoLib - v22.12 [General] Count : 348 StreamCount : 1 StreamKind : General StreamKind/String : General StreamKindID : 0 AudioCount : 1 Audio_Format_List : FLAC Audio_Format_WithHint_List : FLAC Audio_Codec_List : FLAC CompleteName : F:\Music\Low\Long Division\01 - Violence.flac FolderName : F:\Music\Low\Long Division FileNameExtension : 01 - Violence.flac FileName : 01 - Violence FileExtension : flac Format : FLAC Format/String : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Format/Url : https://xiph.org/flac/ Format/Extensions : fla flac Format_Commercial : FLAC InternetMediaType : audio/x-flac FileSize : 116747380 FileSize/String : 111 MiB FileSize/String1 : 111 MiB FileSize/String2 : 111 MiB FileSize/String3 : 111 MiB FileSize/String4 : 111.3 MiB Duration : 353439 Duration/String : 5 min 53 s Duration/String1 : 5 min 53 s 439 ms Duration/String2 : 5 min 53 s Duration/String3 : 00:05:53.439 Duration/String5 : 00:05:53.439 OverallBitRate_Mode : VBR OverallBitRate_Mode/String : Variable OverallBitRate : 2642547 OverallBitRate/String : 2 643 kb/s StreamSize : 0 StreamSize/String : 0.00 Byte (0%) StreamSize/String1 : Byte0 StreamSize/String2 : 0.0 Byte StreamSize/String3 : 0.00 Byte StreamSize/String4 : 0.000 Byte StreamSize/String5 : 0.00 Byte (0%) StreamSize_Proportion : 0.00000 Title : Violence Album : Long Division Part : 1 Part/Position_Total : 1 Track : Violence Track/Position : 1 Track/Position_Total : 12 Performer : Mimi (percussion);Alan (guitar);Alan (vocals) Composer : Low Label : Vernon Yard Recordings Recorded_Date : 1995-05-23 File_Created_Date : UTC 2023-02-09 17:25:46.132 File_Created_Date_Local : 2023-02-09 13:25:46.132 File_Modified_Date : UTC 2023-02-09 18:48:35.639 File_Modified_Date_Local : 2023-02-09 14:48:35.639 ISRC : USCN39500075 Cover : Yes Cover_Type : Cover (front) Cover_Mime : image/jpeg RELEASETYPE : album CATALOGNUMBER : YARD CD14 MEDIA : CD MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASETRACKID : fc74c40a-bf1f-302e-9e66-6bcf00708774 RELEASECOUNTRY : US SCRIPT : Latn ARTISTS : Low BARCODE : 017046801423 RELEASESTATUS : official ASIN : B000000A3W MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID : 7e36dabb-93cc-3bee-b635-461a180d256f ORIGINALYEAR : 1995 ACOUSTID_ID : 4eb7d003-d6c4-457e-bbdc-20b1b0da4f17 ALBUMARTISTSORT : Low ORIGINALDATE : 1995-05-23 ARTISTSORT : Low Album/Composer : Low [Audio] Count : 286 StreamCount : 1 StreamKind : Audio StreamKind/String : Audio StreamKindID : 0 Format : FLAC Format/String : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Format/Url : https://xiph.org/flac/ Format_Commercial : FLAC InternetMediaType : audio/x-flac Duration : 353439 Duration/String : 5 min 53 s Duration/String1 : 5 min 53 s 439 ms Duration/String2 : 5 min 53 s Duration/String3 : 00:05:53.439 Duration/String5 : 00:05:53.439 BitRate_Mode : VBR BitRate_Mode/String : Variable BitRate : 2639740 BitRate/String : 2 640 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 Channel(s)/String : 2 channels ChannelPositions : Front: L R ChannelPositions/String2 : 2/0/0 ChannelLayout : L R SamplingRate : 96000 SamplingRate/String : 96.0 kHz SamplingCount : 33930144 BitDepth : 24 BitDepth/String : 24 bits Compression_Mode : Lossless Compression_Mode/String : Lossless StreamSize : 116623393 StreamSize/String : 111 MiB (100%) StreamSize/String1 : 111 MiB StreamSize/String2 : 111 MiB StreamSize/String3 : 111 MiB StreamSize/String4 : 111.2 MiB StreamSize/String5 : 111 MiB (100%) StreamSize_Proportion : 0.99894 Encoded_Library : Lavf58.29.100 Encoded_Library/String : Lavf58.29.100 MD5_Unencoded : 7BC9089FC9BAEA734D215903369176F4

I've flac.exe but it doesn't seem to work for me? https://github.com/xiph/flac

It already exists: https://github.com/xiph/flac/issues/96

you can find flac.exe & metaflac.exe here https://github.com/xiph/flac/releases/tag/1.4.2

I was reading that article, and geez, as a non-programmer I have to ask, why does libflac look like such a nightmare compared to flacloader? It's like night and day. Is this a "WireGuard makes OpenVPN look quite silly" moment?

https://github.com/xiph/flac/tree/master/src/libFLAC

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Userland/...

Lastly, ALAC hasn't been updated by apple since 2016. FLAC is actively maintained by xiph.org and saw its last update this past October.

You need this one: https://xiph.org/flac/

Excessive licensing costs weren’t the only concern surrounding MQA though. MQA is touted as being DRM free, with audio streams able to be stored in the very popular, open source FLAC format. Only the lower resolution 16-bit audio is truly DRM free however. MQA’s authentication watermarking must be present in the file, and properly validated at playback, otherwise MQA decoders will refuse to unfold the audio to it’s full resolution. In this way, MQA acts as a sort of “soft-DRM”, that prevents recordings form being played at their maximum quality without both permission from the rights holder, and validation from MQA Ltd. All the issues surrounding MQA’s licensing and copy protection are explored in more detail in this article from 2017.

SerenityOS replicates that look and feel. It is also implemented in a dialect of C++ that adheres to some of the good parts of C++98: https://serenityos.org

One example of a useful technique

https://serenityos.org/ apparently only makes source code available. There are no binary images of the OS to install

I think Andreas said this functions like a little test -- if you're not willing to build it from source, then you probably wouldn't be a good contributor anyway.

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Likewise, my shell project provides source tarballs only, right now - https://www.oilshell.org/release/0.21.0/

It is packaged in a number of places, which I appreciate. That means some other people are willing to do some work.

And they provide good feedback.

I would like it to be more widely available, but yeah I definitely see that you need to "gate" peanut gallery feedback a bit, because it takes up a lot of time.

Of course, it's a tricky balance, because you also want feedback from casual users, to make the project better.

Indeed, given the existence of `JS::NonnullGCPtr`, `JS::GcPtr` intentionally corresponds to a nullable pointer, so it seems dangerous to convert one to a reference without a null-check.

That said, a naive code search finds what *may* be more cases of this pattern:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3ASerenityOS%2Fserenity+%2F...

Eg: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/a68b134e6dea5065... -> https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/a68b134e6dea5065...

In some of those search results, it is fine because there is a preceding null-check, and obviously I know nothing about this code other than this naive search result, but perhaps it would be prudent to vet all of them.

It is a SerenityOS project. You can find the answer to that question in their primary project's FAQ[1].

1. https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Documenta...

https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity

The best way to write proper exception free C++ is not to use the C++ Standard Library.

I initially confused it with Serenity OS prior to watching the video: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity

My contributions to SerenityOS[0] helped me get my current job. My team lead (who was also my interviewer) was interested in what I did since I listed some of it in my CV, and I showed him some PRs I made and explained what went into each of them. It was really exciting because I didn't have professional experience with low-level development, and basically got the job due to hobby programming.

[0]: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pulls?q=is%3Apr+autho...

Definitely not "literally impossible", just a great deal of work. https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Ladybird