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And yet no-one's asked that regarding BS1?eriktorbjorn wrote:Obviously, it was my attempt to keep people from asking "Why don't you support FLAC?"fabio wrote: The last thing: what's the point in supporting .clf (FLAC) speech in BS2, if, as stated in README in scummvm-tools, FLAC files are bigger than original (already compressed) speech?
Yes they did.marzipan wrote: And yet no-one's asked that regarding BS1?
Seems that also in .san and .bun files flac compression is not supported. Is this because even these are already compressed?marzipan wrote:And yet no-one's asked that regarding BS1?eriktorbjorn wrote:Obviously, it was my attempt to keep people from asking "Why don't you support FLAC?"fabio wrote: The last thing: what's the point in supporting .clf (FLAC) speech in BS2, if, as stated in README in scummvm-tools, FLAC files are bigger than original (already compressed) speech?
maybe add a helpful line to the command line help for the tools? I have the hope that people who use the command line to compress datafiles would read that... e.g.: "FLAC compression isn't supported because..." or somethingfingolfin wrote:The more I hear people asking why we don't support FLAC for this or that, the more I wish we never had added it, and the urge to just rip out the code rises... Especially considering how terribly bad the FLAC folks are supporting 3rd party developers -- each new release makes incompatible API changes, so it's one hell of a time to stay compatible. Considering the IMO tiny gain, this seems to be a really bad way to spend our sparse resources...
I haven't experimented with the Mass Add feature, and I couldn't reproduce it. But I guess it means that either you already had sword1 and sword2 targets, or the detector found the games twice.iPwnzorz wrote:The Mass Add... button added sword1-1 and sword2-1 as well as sword1 and sword2. What the heck?
I had a similar thing: I think it stems from keeping all the .clu files in the "clusters" directory. That way, when you mass add, it adds both sword1/ and sword1/clusters/. I'll re-check sometime this week and submit a bug report if necc (unless someone beats me to itI haven't experimented with the Mass Add feature, and I couldn't reproduce it. But I guess it means that either you already had sword1 and sword2 targets, or the detector found the games twice.
Well, obsiviously make no sense to support FLAC where music is already compressed AND FLAC compressed file is bigger; in that case FLAC support should be removed (BS2) and the tools should be updated to print why FLAC is not supported (so nobody will never ask the same thing again).fingolfin wrote:(b) people asking why they can't recompress already compressed data to a lossless format *sigh*
But that would imply people actually reading the docs and/or FAQ, which they don't ... kind of of a Catch-22fabio wrote:Well, obsiviously make no sense to support FLAC where music is already compressed AND FLAC compressed file is bigger; in that case FLAC support should be removed (BS2) and the tools should be updated to print why FLAC is not supported (so nobody will never ask the same thing again).fingolfin wrote:(b) people asking why they can't recompress already compressed data to a lossless format *sigh*
No, I was testing it (I wanted to see what it could do) and I removed all the games first.eriktorbjorn wrote:I haven't experimented with the Mass Add feature, and I couldn't reproduce it. But I guess it means that either you already had sword1 and sword2 targets, or the detector found the games twice.iPwnzorz wrote:The Mass Add... button added sword1-1 and sword2-1 as well as sword1 and sword2. What the heck?
