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Title: How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: busknuckle on January 06, 2004, 05:10:40 AM
Now I realize that some of you are going to think this was a useless post. I mean...who doesn't know how to make a FLAC fingerprint file?!!!

Well I didn't. I looked for an obvious answer on the FLAC frontend site as well as etree. If the answer was in either of those places...I didn't see it.

This is only offered as a solution when using Mike Wren's FLAC frontend on a Windows system:

After you have converted your WAV files to FLAC files, clear the files from the FLAC frontend window. Then go to ADD FILES. Go to the folder where the FLAC files you just made are located. Load the FLAC files just like you were going to convert them back to WAV. Once you have all your files in the window, click on the FINGERPRINT tab. A standard SAVE FILE window will pop up. Pick a name for the fingerprint file, as well as the location you'd like to save it to. When you click SAVE, a DOS window will open up and the fingerprint files will be created and saved in the location you chose.

Walla. MOD's feel free to delete if this seems like COMMON SENSE (which I sometimes lack)  :P


Ignore the above...go to Mike's post down below. He has a link to a webpage with good descriptions and illustrations.
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: F.O.Bean on January 08, 2004, 07:16:33 AM
Now I realize that some of you are going to think this was a useless post. I mean...who doesn't know how to make a FLAC fingerprint file?!!!

Well I didn't. I looked for an obvious answer on the FLAC frontend site as well as etree. If the answer was in either of those places...I didn't see it.

This is only offered as a solution when using Mike Wren's FLAC frontend on a Windows system:

After you have converted your WAV files to FLAC files, clear the files from the FLAC frontend window. Then go to ADD FILES. Go to the folder where the FLAC files you just made are located. Load the FLAC files just like you were going to convert them back to WAV. Once you have all your files in the window, click on the FINGERPRINT tab. A standard SAVE FILE window will pop up. Pick a name for the fingerprint file, as well as the location you'd like to save it to. When you click SAVE, a DOS window will open up and the fingerprint files will be created and saved in the location you chose.

Walla. MOD's feel free to delete if this seems like COMMON SENSE (which I sometimes lack)  :P

so youre saying you DONT have a fingerprint button???

wtf??? if thats the case, uninstall and reinstall another version ;)
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: busknuckle on January 08, 2004, 10:30:49 AM
no bean, I have a fingerprint tab. I just got confused regarding when to use it. I didn't realize that I had to load the FLAC files into the FLAC frontend window first, then click on the FINGERPRINT tab.

Like I said, most people won't need this info, but I figured I'd post it anyway.
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: F.O.Bean on January 08, 2004, 11:30:55 AM
no bean, I have a fingerprint tab. I just got confused regarding when to use it. I didn't realize that I had to load the FLAC files into the FLAC frontend window first, then click on the FINGERPRINT tab.

Like I said, most people won't need this info, but I figured I'd post it anyway.

sall good bro, glad ya got it figured out ;)
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: blu666z on January 08, 2004, 01:10:18 PM
Here is one thing that has bitten me before.  When I have my .WAV in the frontend, I encode w/ the delete input files checked.  Make sure you uncheck that before hitting the Fingerprint button.

-Kevin
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: busknuckle on January 08, 2004, 07:11:55 PM
Here is one thing that has bitten me before.  When I have my .WAV in the frontend, I encode w/ the delete input files checked.  Make sure you uncheck that before hitting the Fingerprint button.

-Kevin

excellent point
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: macdaddy on January 08, 2004, 09:25:53 PM
isnt Mike's tutorial still up somewhere...

he had one with arrows drawn, telling you to drag and drop, and how to make sure they all go in the correct order...

maybe it is up on the etree wiki now...

I know I have seen it....

_____

I got burned by the delete files option when I first started using mkwACT and I wanted to burn audio, and did, and then deleted the (temp) WAV files, went back and found no SHNs either...

doh!
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: MikeW on January 09, 2004, 12:17:15 PM
I posted my FLAC Frontend tutorial (complete witih pretty arrows) on wiki so others can edit as they see fit:

http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FlacFrontend
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: kennedy on March 24, 2004, 01:51:33 AM
+t in my land (since i dont know how to dish um out here in ts)
great f*ckin posy just the info i needed
thanks bud
peace
jk
Title: Re:How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: MikeW on May 18, 2004, 06:56:00 PM
It's all info that you broadcast whenever you visit a webpage... but for more specific info:

http://www.danasoft.com
Title: Re:OT of How to make a FLAC fingerprint file.
Post by: Brian Skalinder on May 18, 2004, 06:57:49 PM
If you explain it I may get over it.

Don't sweat it.

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