tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post1947834736339419308..comments2024-03-14T08:29:28.786+03:00Comments on Touhou lossless music collection: Quality checkrwxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-49274348789603442412022-03-01T10:26:26.209+03:002022-03-01T10:26:26.209+03:00To Anonymous @ 26 February, I do have a reply to t...To Anonymous @ 26 February, I do have a reply to that, I'll post it later.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-71383845298342379612022-02-27T13:28:43.063+03:002022-02-27T13:28:43.063+03:00I had to enable premoderation because of sudden re...I had to enable premoderation because of sudden recent increase in spam, please don't worry if your comments don't show up immediately.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-66435761424393586272022-02-26T00:40:10.363+03:002022-02-26T00:40:10.363+03:00>several of its design decisions (whether inten...>several of its design decisions (whether intentional or accidental) stand out to me as flat out better<br />While there's room for disagreement on some technical decisions, the given reasons aren't very sound.<br /><br />>only one compression level<br />As someone distributing once encoded read-only files, why does this matter on a technical level? The default FLAC compression setting of 5 is default for a reason. It provides the best balance of compression to encoding time for the majority of users. If needed it can be adjusted to specific use cases.<br /><br />>no embedded metadata support<br />This is incorrect. The TTA website explicitly states on their homepage since at least 2015 it supports ID3v1 and ID3v2.<br /><br />>Mixing immutable data with metadata is a big no-no in my eyes<br />Trying to prevent users from adding their own embedded metadata to files and breaking the torrent is understandable, but along with whole album files is too inconvenient for most users. As seen by the recent questionable FLAC re-encode (https://nyaa.si/view/1359948) not having the metadata embedded will cause fragmentation in the future. While I actually agree with you that ideally metadata should be stored separate from their files, I think FLAC handles metadata pretty well in the real world. By default flac (and probably libflac, but haven't actually checked) reserves 8kb of metadata space. This is great since changes don't overwrite the whole file. This is particularly great for torrents since only the chunk where the metadata is located needs to be redownloaded instead of the entire file. I think splitting songs into individual files with embedded metadata along with a multi-file cue file per album would be the ideal release format.<br /><br />On another note, a hybrid v2 torrent would be greatly appreciated when TLMC v20 is released.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-75256743391646263152022-02-24T17:40:27.126+03:002022-02-24T17:40:27.126+03:00from v19 release faq
Q: Why TTA and not FLAC?
A: ...from v19 release faq<br /><br />Q: Why TTA and not FLAC?<br />A: Two reasons, one historical and one technical.<br />Historical one is that a huge chunk of early albums were in tta, so to be consistent about the codec I converted the rest (mostly ape) into tta and then the majority of albums were also shared as tta, so less work for me. The technical one is that I like tta better. Flac is open source and rather popular, it's the most popular lossless format on a lot of metrics, which is a big reason to adopt it. Tta is also opensource and less popular, but not completely unknown, and several of its design decisions (whether intentional or accidental) stand out to me as flat out better. These are: only one compression level and no embedded metadata support*. According to my preferences this outweighs flac's popularity.<br />* Mixing immutable data with metadata is a big no-no in my eyes and leads to disappointment and sad kittens. You wouldn't make a kitten sad, would you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-85173028264746150332022-02-24T07:28:50.716+03:002022-02-24T07:28:50.716+03:00I'm not sure if you answered this already, but...I'm not sure if you answered this already, but why are you using TTA instead of FLAC? Is there a technical reason (slightly higher compression) or is it just more convenient (faster) for you? Most people would be happier if they were FLAC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-9995818868760847432022-02-10T17:31:38.828+03:002022-02-10T17:31:38.828+03:00Here are a couple of fixed albums:
https://nyaa.si...Here are a couple of fixed albums:<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1485792<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1485793MahoHuhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-80917505009192744782022-02-09T23:00:41.917+03:002022-02-09T23:00:41.917+03:00Thanks for your reply.
I definitely plan to buy w...Thanks for your reply.<br /><br />I definitely plan to buy what I like to listen to. That's one of the goals of TLMC for me, to find new things to listen to.<br /><br />As for the dropouts in the songs, glad to know it's not a rip issue. I think I'll fix it in Audacity or something.isshinmyoumaruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01884952931642230715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-31769425759883802052022-02-08T20:28:14.497+03:002022-02-08T20:28:14.497+03:00Not just you. Rather than stutter I'd describe...Not just you. Rather than stutter I'd describe that as dropout, but yes, there is an unnatural silence in those locations.<br />As you can see that particular rip got perfect verification, so it's either a really weird stylistic choice (highly unlikely) or most likely a mastering defect.<br />By all means buy their album if you like the circle and wish to support them, but it will not get you any better sound, unless they issued a fixed reprint version.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-40496670294649320042022-02-07T21:25:47.534+03:002022-02-07T21:25:47.534+03:00Yo,
I was listening to some Aether&埼玉最終兵器 the...Yo,<br /><br />I was listening to some Aether&埼玉最終兵器 the other day and I noticed that some of their songs stutter. <br />In "2016.08.13 [SHAT-0010] TH MEDLEY -夢幻天奏 弐- [C90]", there are actually two songs (maybe more? I'll continue listening) which stutter:<br /> "幽霊楽壇~Phantom Ensemble" near 1:18<br /> "幻視の夜~Ghostly Eyes" near 0:43<br /><br />Just want to know if it's just me or not. Currently doing a recheck on the files.<br />I could search for another version of the album if you want. I like this circle so I don't mind buying their albums if needed.<br /><br />Sorry to inconvenience.<br />Have a good day!isshinmyoumaruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01884952931642230715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-6009753692973505042022-01-24T22:03:28.608+03:002022-01-24T22:03:28.608+03:00>in approximately two weeks, do you think the n...>in approximately two weeks, do you think the next version of TLMC will be released by then? No pressure, just curious.<br />I have three distinct answers:<br />- Desired release date, which says "earlier than that".<br />- Prediction based on internal feelings/intuition, which says "close, but probably yes".<br />- Prediction based on past performance, which says "no way".<br /><br />>Also, is there an estimate on how big the finished torrent will be? I want to make sure there is enough room on my NAS for it.<br />About 1 extra TB, so about 3 in total. I think I'll skip all mixed sampling-rate/bit-depth albums for now, because I need to decide what are the best tools and how to use them (which resampler, yes/no to dither, yes/no to normalization in 24-to-16, yes/no to clipping detection/mitigation, etc) and it would delay the release even more, even though all of the differences will fairly likely be entirely under detection threshold.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-35338757628063132732022-01-24T08:08:15.754+03:002022-01-24T08:08:15.754+03:00Hi,
Recently it was revealed to me in a dream tha...Hi,<br /><br />Recently it was revealed to me in a dream that the world will be ending in approximately two weeks, do you think the next version of TLMC will be released by then? No pressure, just curious.<br /><br />Also, is there an estimate on how big the finished torrent will be? I want to make sure there is enough room on my NAS for it.<br /><br />Thank you for all your hard work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-90385617638812339222022-01-14T18:28:50.213+03:002022-01-14T18:28:50.213+03:00I've found a non-broken version, will replace ...I've found a non-broken version, will replace that file.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-12416426668002896992022-01-14T01:29:13.464+03:002022-01-14T01:29:13.464+03:00[DiGiTAL WiNG]\2013.05.26 [DWCD-0008] BEST OF WiNG...[DiGiTAL WiNG]\2013.05.26 [DWCD-0008] BEST OF WiNG [例大祭10] is outright broken; at about 3:02 into the fifth track, it suddenly cuts into a different song and the final two tracks in the .cue don't play, as if someone had cut out eight minutes or so of the album right in the middle. The AccuRip indicates the same; the first four tracks are reported as accurately ripped and the rest of them fail entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-91123370038265464362021-12-28T01:22:59.675+03:002021-12-28T01:22:59.675+03:00Okay awesome. Thanks, and I'll get the rips an...Okay awesome. Thanks, and I'll get the rips and images to you as soon as possible.Chorioactishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814618321047074650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-10865821987567900132021-12-27T18:32:47.019+03:002021-12-27T18:32:47.019+03:00You're already contacting me, I don't know...You're already contacting me, I don't know how you can do it further. If you want a private contact method you can write to xmpp/jabber address rwx@headcounter.org, but just to donate rips you don't even need that - upload them somewhere and share a link in comments, preferably in the "Pre-release post" thread. Additional upside of that is that people can grab it themselves without waiting for the torrent, although in this case it's less important, as I think I'm wrapping up and plan to share the next version in several weeks [*]. I don't have a dedicated upload server, as most of the time I was operating in pull mode, if that's what you're interested in.<br /><br />[*] Nearly every single one of my previous estimates was off in a certain direction, take note.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-3232640350087595032021-12-27T01:54:12.066+03:002021-12-27T01:54:12.066+03:00Hey rwx, I don't know where to contact you els...Hey rwx, I don't know where to contact you elsewhere, but I have some albums rips that aren't already in TLMC. I also have some various scans of albums that are currently in TLMC, as I own them physically. Can you tell me where I can contact you further?Chorioactishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814618321047074650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-45141921552642097052021-12-24T23:24:37.966+03:002021-12-24T23:24:37.966+03:00Nope. The files will just stay, which requires no ...Nope. The files will just stay, which requires no effort from me, until someone shares a better version.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-9867238319007822132021-12-23T22:50:38.017+03:002021-12-23T22:50:38.017+03:00Will this delay the v.20 release?Will this delay the v.20 release?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-91362504485711755502021-12-18T13:07:27.332+03:002021-12-18T13:07:27.332+03:00I should put up a detailed accurip result interpre...I should put up a detailed accurip result interpretation post some time later, but for now the most important thing I should note is that in the absense of other information "AR: rip not accurate" does not mean much, because it needs content + offset match to say "accurate" and correct content + wrong offset situation is mostly fine and trivial to fix.rwxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961724108899856582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-62605534659885418312021-12-18T06:47:46.040+03:002021-12-18T06:47:46.040+03:00https://nyaa.si/view/1468198
https://nyaa.si/view/...https://nyaa.si/view/1468198<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468199<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468200<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468201<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468202<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468206<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468209<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468210<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468211<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468213<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468214<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468215<br />https://nyaa.si/view/1468216Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200259307795996652.post-41200426547230771052021-12-17T07:04:41.538+03:002021-12-17T07:04:41.538+03:00I guess I need to rip and upload a few more CDs.I guess I need to rip and upload a few more CDs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com