flaco

Welcome to flaco! Can you hear the difference? (please read using the "Gatorade. Is it in you?" cadence)

 _______ ___     _______ _______ _______ 
|   _   |   |   |   _   |   _   |   _   | ♪♬
|.  1___|.  |   |.  1   |.  1___|.  |   |
|.  __) |.  |___|.  _   |.  |___|.  |   |
|:  |   |:  1   |:  |   |:  1   |:  1   |
|::.|   |::.. . |::.|:. |::.. . |::.. . |
'---'   '-------'--- ---'-------'-------'

Why?

Because I wanted to know if I can reliably tell the difference between 4.1kHz FLAC and MP3 at bitrates upwards of 128kbps.

What?

This is an interactive CLI program that tests the user's (and the user's setup) ability to discern high-fidelity uncompressed audio from standard audio. It takes a FLAC file as a parameter and allows the user to alternate between playing the original FLAC and a compressed MP3 version of it, without revealing which is which. When the user is ready, the program will ask and finally reveal which of the two was the FLAC file. Or maybe just watch this video instead.

How?

Compile and run the program. Requires ffmpeg (to convert FLAC to MP3 and get file info) and mpv (to play audio).