Flac files created with the Converter have an excessive number of seek points (max out at 1217).
metaflac.exe --list encoded_from_cmdline.flac:
METADATA block #0
type: 0 (STREAMINFO)
is last: false
length: 34
minumum blocksize: 4608 samples
maximum blocksize: 4608 samples
minimum framesize: 14 bytes
maximum framesize: 13645 bytes
sample_rate: 44100 Hz
channels: 2
bits-per-sample: 16
total samples: 173531736
MD5 signature: fe037483aed4f9b799a80eaf3f01288b
METADATA block #1
type: 3 (SEEKTABLE)
is last: false
length: 7074
seek points: 393
point 0: sample_number=0, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=4608
point 1: sample_number=437760, stream_offset=839360, frame_samples=4608
point 2: sample_number=880128, stream_offset=1735713, frame_samples=4608
point 3: sample_number=1322496, stream_offset=2587232, frame_samples=4608
point 4: sample_number=1764864, stream_offset=3451039, frame_samples=4608
point 5: sample_number=2207232, stream_offset=4350277, frame_samples=4608
point 6: sample_number=2644992, stream_offset=5193427, frame_samples=4608
point 7: sample_number=3087360, stream_offset=6045617, frame_samples=4608
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point 390: sample_number=172205568, stream_offset=432912851, frame_samples=4608
point 391: sample_number=172647936, stream_offset=433971129, frame_samples=4608
point 392: sample_number=173085696, stream_offset=435016634, frame_samples=4608
METADATA block #2
type: 4 (VORBIS_COMMENT)
is last: false
length: 40
vendor string: reference libFLAC 1.1.2 20050205
comments: 0
METADATA block #3
type: 1 (PADDING)
is last: true
length: 4096
metaflac.exe --list encoded_from_foobar.flac:
METADATA block #0
type: 0 (STREAMINFO)
is last: false
length: 34
minumum blocksize: 4608 samples
maximum blocksize: 4608 samples
minimum framesize: 14 bytes
maximum framesize: 13645 bytes
sample_rate: 44100 Hz
channels: 2
bits-per-sample: 16
total samples: 173531736
MD5 signature: fe037483aed4f9b799a80eaf3f01288b
METADATA block #1
type: 3 (SEEKTABLE)
is last: false
length: 21906
seek points: 1217
point 0: sample_number=0, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=4608
point 1: sample_number=437760, stream_offset=839360, frame_samples=4608
point 2: sample_number=880128, stream_offset=1735713, frame_samples=4608
point 3: sample_number=1322496, stream_offset=2587232, frame_samples=4608
point 4: sample_number=1760256, stream_offset=3441619, frame_samples=4608
point 5: sample_number=2202624, stream_offset=4341444, frame_samples=4608
point 6: sample_number=2644992, stream_offset=5193427, frame_samples=4608
point 7: sample_number=3087360, stream_offset=6045617, frame_samples=4608
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point 391: sample_number=172486656, stream_offset=433586111, frame_samples=4608
point 392: sample_number=172924416, stream_offset=434631868, frame_samples=4608
point 393: sample_number=173366784, stream_offset=435642974, frame_samples=4608
point 394: sample_number=173810299, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=0
point 395: sample_number=174251442, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=0
point 396: sample_number=174692585, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=0
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point 1214: sample_number=535547471, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=0
point 1215: sample_number=535988614, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=0
point 1216: sample_number=536429757, stream_offset=0, frame_samples=0
METADATA block #2
type: 4 (VORBIS_COMMENT)
is last: false
length: 40
vendor string: reference libFLAC 1.1.2 20050205
comments: 0
METADATA block #3
type: 1 (PADDING)
is last: true
length: 4096
Won't speculate on cause, but figured it was worth mentioning. Can anyone else confirm? Thanks.