Topic: FFP verifier...updated screen shots

[blu666z]

Ok, I've got this working on my PC here but I don't normally program with VB and am having a little problem getting it to work on anybody elses.  Just too inexperienced with the setup builder I think.  If anybody would like to take a shot at finishing it up, PM me.

-Kevin

[Tall Adam]

SWEET! ive been wondering why theres no program like that. manual verification is a bitch, and im too lazy

when and where can we get it? +T!

[BJ]

send it my way kevin...between me and my coworkers...(a vb shop) we can figure it out...

what errors are you getting?

[MattD]

Kevin and I worked on it a few months back. I seem to recall there being something in the program that pointed to a specific local path (maybe in looking for one of the libraries), but I could never find it again. Razorback, I hope you have more success with it than I did!

[blu666z]

Made a few minor adjustments.  Anybody have any suggestions?

-Kevin

[blu666z]

And for you conspiracy buffs.....


-Kevin 

[dhora]

lol ^

Great Idea.  Definately spread this sucker around once it's finished.

...I'd +T, but I don't have enough posts yet.

[Brian Skalinder]

Made a few minor adjustments. Anybody have any suggestions?

Just questions about some nice-to-haves...

[1]  To what directory does it default to upon opening and/or browsing - Last used?  Configurable?  Preferably configurable, IMO.

[2]  Will it verify subdirectories automatically?  For example, if I have a single FFP for my FLAC files, but those files are contained in two different subdirectories, e.g. "d1" and "d2", will it automatically verify against those subdirs, or will it only verify against the specified top-level dir?

[3]  Does it include the ability to save the results to a file?

[ChrisV]

Looking good...

Not sure if this is even possible to implement but can the files be clickable to make it so it automatically opens up and verifies the files like an md5 file does?  I am guessing not since it is technically a .txt file instead of a .ffp file, right?

[Brian Skalinder]

Not sure if this is even possible to implement but can the files be clickable to make it so it automatically opens up and verifies the files like an md5 file does? I am guessing not since it is technically a .txt file instead of a .ffp file, right?

I bet there's a way to create during installation a right-click pop-up / context menu that allows one to right-click the FFP and then select "Verify FFP" or some such and automatically fire up the software (assuming with the appropriate paramters (dir, FFP file, etc.).

[blu666z]

Made a few minor adjustments. Anybody have any suggestions?

Just questions about some nice-to-haves...

[1] To what directory does it default to upon opening and/or browsing - Last used? Configurable? Preferably configurable, IMO.

[2] Will it verify subdirectories automatically? For example, if I have a single FFP for my FLAC files, but those files are contained in two different subdirectories, e.g. "d1" and "d2", will it automatically verify against those subdirs, or will it only verify against the specified top-level dir?

[3] Does it include the ability to save the results to a file?

1) I can/will make that configurable.

2) It will currently only verify against the top directory.  I could make it search sub but since etree standards are to have all files one in directory, I'm not gonna worry about that for the first release.

3) It does now.

[blu666z]

Looking good...

Not sure if this is even possible to implement but can the files be clickable to make it so it automatically opens up and verifies the files like an md5 file does? I am guessing not since it is technically a .txt file instead of a .ffp file, right?

I'm sure that's possible.  However, with VB not being my normal language, I am just feeling my way through this....which explains the slowness.  That might be a good thing for future releases. 

Keep um' coming!

-Kevin

[nic]

program looks very nice, but I have to ask, why not just test/verify the ffp in flac frontend?
isnt that what it's there for?

if it was a combo shn/flac prgram similar to xAct I would be all over it.
(sigh, as a non-programmer I can not offer any help other than testing)

good job though!

[blu666z]

program looks very nice, but I have to ask, why not just test/verify the ffp in flac frontend?
isnt that what it's there for?

if it was a combo shn/flac prgram similar to xAct I would be all over it.
(sigh, as a non-programmer I can not offer any help other than testing)

good job though!

The Test feature in FLAC Frontend does not compare against an external FFP file.  Testing will confirm that the audio data contained in the FLAC has not changed compared to the checksum stored in the metdata of the FLAC itself which doesn't mean you have the original audio that the taper distrubted. 

ex.  I take a FLAC file from you.  I decompress to audio and remove one minute from the middle and then recompress.  If I run TEST over this new FLAC it will pass but it is not what you sent me.  Make sense?  The only way to verify FLACs at the moment is to output a fingerprint file and compare that to the fingerprint file supplied by the taper.  This program is intended to do that for you....at least I think that's right.

-Kevin

[nic]

ah, didnt know that flac frontend didnt compare against external ffp.
thanks!