shntool (http://etree.org/shnutils/, http://shnutils.freeshell.org/)
is Windows-only, but the source is available.
> Great info. I found some descriptions of st5 (md5 fp) and ffp, where I
> assume that "fp" is just a Taper abbreviation for "fingerprint" - or
> signature as it's called in the flac header. However, I could not find
> these utilities or source code. What I found looked like instructions
> for a gui-based program. I think it would be easier to support Mac if
> st5 were available as an open source Unix command-line code, which
> would include Mac OS X.
>
> I did a little research, and I am concerned that md5check computes an
> md5 signature for the entire wav file, not just the audio. Thus it
> won't compare with the ffp.
>
> Apparently, xACT allows you to create the st5 (shn md5) files. But the
> original poster and I want a command-line solution to create an st5 for
> comparison against metaflac's report. I think I have xACT, but I don't
> want to be grabbing the mouse and clicking dialogs when I want to check
> a whole directory of file signatures.
>
> Any Tapers around? Maybe someone can clarify this for us newcomers to st5.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2008, at 00:01, [email protected] wrote:
>> I have a wav file and would like to see what the flac fingerprint would be.
>>
>> To do this I run flac to encode the wav file and write the flac file to the
>> hard disk. I then run metaflac to read the flac file and display the
>> fingerprint.
>>
>> Is there an existing way or other utility to do this without generating the
>> flac file on the hard disk. I would think it could be quicker and save time
>> without writing the flac file to the hard disk.
> Can't you generate the st5 file for the wav file? If I recall correctly
> st5=ffp for flac files.
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