For those of us that don't speak digital, what do the following anacronyms stand for (and what does it mean)?
"SBD > CDR > ? > SHN > TLH > FLAC > TLH (fixed SBEs) > FLAC"
I think that Flac is some sort of digital file. CDR? Recordable compact disc? The rest I have no clue.
Excellent question @ S Clark. At its heart, the information is meant to indicate the source of the recording. There is also a transfer process, which itself has similar information. You could view that type of information in my Grateful Dead post January 28, 2023, 12:39:48 PM.
But this information you've quoted from my most recent post in this thread is strictly "source of the recording" information.
The "SBD" means it's a soundboard recording. The ">" means the next step in the chain. The "CDR" means Compact Disk Media. The "SHN" means shorten. Shorten is a type of lossless compression (and a file format of its own, albeit it cannot be played without having to decompress it). The "TLH" means the files were parsed through the traders little helper program to check for errors. And, the FLAC means "Free Lossless Audio Codec format" which traders litttle helper converted the SHN file into. The reason for that conversion is that the shorten format cannot accommodate file attributes, such as album art, whereas the FLAC format can. The "TLH (fixed SBEs) " means traders little helper was used yet again to fix sector boundary errors. Sector Boundary Errors can occur when an audio cdr is burned. If the original files aren't cut in just the right place, then you'll get an unwanted transition between where one track ends and the next track begins (and the potential for noise/pops:
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=SectorBoundaryDiscussion )
And yes, FLAC is a digital file. It is a
lossless compressed file, the defacto standard for streaming and file distribution. But, unfortunately not the optimum/best for playback. Another note is that SHN can only be used in the case of 16/44.1 file sets, as SHN does not support any kind of high resolution.
I hope this answers your question. If not, by all means, continue to pose additional questions. I am happy to answer them.