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I decoded a FLAC file and the WAVE is 2 bytes shorter than the original. Why?

April 26, 2017bytes decoded file FLAC original shorter wave

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I decoded a FLAC file and the WAVE is 2 bytes shorter than the original. Why?

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The difference is probably that between an 18-byte ‘fmt ‘ subchunk in the original WAVE vs. a 16-byte one in the decoded WAVE. With WAVE there is more than one way to write identical formatting information, but FLAC always writes the most common legal form.