ffp and shntool md5 are the same things...
that is why if you eyeball it to compare - the ffp included from the taper, and the shntool md5 of the wav you created. if the match, you are in business...
all i was saying that as a quick, one-touch way to verify if a disc has been burned 100% accurately, md5s are handy. ditto for a one-touch way to verify is a download fineished successfully.
but in a seed, i always include the shntool len output, the WAV shntool md5s, and the ffp. the latter two should match exactly.
but before i even read a txt file, i would double-click on an md5 in the top directory of a bit torrent download in order to verify that i received all information from a download...
but ffp/wav shntool md5 is the way to go to verify data integrity with finality.the uses are not mutually exclusive.