FLAC decoder testbench: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:45, 23 May 2022

To further the use and development of FLAC, a testbench containing files with different parameters was constructed. The testbench consists of 63 FLAC files, each one having a different combination of characteristics (like samplerate, bitdepth and number of channels) and FLAC features (like blocksize, maximum partition order, maximum predictor order, maximum predictor precision etc.) However, all combinations fall within the so called subset: a limited set of FLAC parameters that fit in the frame header and are supposed to be 'streamable'. Please be aware that certain tested features (such as blocksize 16 or a samplerate of 38457Hz) are pretty much useless in day-to-day usage, and that failure to properly decode such a file is mostly of interest to developers than to users.

The testbench can be downloaded here (revision 6) and is maintained here. It is licensed under CC0 1.0.

Revision 6 adds four new files (60 to 63); files 1 through 59 are the same as in revision 5. For more information on which file tests what characteristics and features, please refer to the readme.txt file.

	CDDA (44.1kHz/16-bit and less)					High-res (96kHz/24-bit and more)					Multichannel		Metadata			Various
Decoder	Blocksizes	Features	Samplerates	Bitdepths	Var. bl.size	General	Blocksize	Features	Samplerates	Bitdepths	General	Features	Missing	Extreme	MIME	Mono	Overfl.	Remarks
Files in test set	1-10	11-18	19-21	22-23	24-27	28	29-30	31-32, 34	33-36	37	38-43	44	45-47	48-55	56-59	60	61-63
Android	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Fails	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	-	-	Android 11 with Google Play updates of 1st of August 2021 on Samsung XCover 5
Citroën DS5	Plays	Plays	Skips	Fails	Plays	Skips							Plays	Hangs	Plays	-	-
Chromecast	Fails	Plays	Fails	Plays	Fails	Plays	Fails	Fails	Fails	Plays	Rejects		Plays	Reboots	Rejects	-	-	Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Mangles non-standard samplerates. Doesn't start playing on old variable blocksize format, blocksizes 16384 and 13456, predictor order 32, 384kHz. Skips multichannel and image/avif. Crashes on file with 1000x repeating VORBISCOMMENT
Cowon iAudio 7	Fails	Plays	Fails	Rejects	Rejects	Rejects	Rejects	Rejects	Rejects	Rejects	Freezes		-	-	-	-	-	Freezes on blocksizes 254, 725; skips file with blocksize 1937. 38457Hz and 41kHz are speeded up; 22050 Plays. All files with bitdepth other than 16 are skipped. Files with variable block size are skipped. 3.0 plays as silence, others 16/44 MCH files make freeze.
Ford SYNC	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	-	-	Tested with revision 5, SYNC version 3.3, build 18201_PRODUCT
JVC KD-R871BT	Fails	Plays	Fails	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Freezes	Reboots	Fails	Rejects	Rejects		Rejects	Reboots	Rejects	-	-	Heavy stutter with blocksize 16. Stretches non-standard samplerates. Samplerates above 96kHz, variable blocksize files and multichannel files 'not supported'. Freezes on blocksize 16384 and 13456. 192kHz is played back very slow. Skips all multichannel, files with cover image, extreme metadata. Reboot loop on extreme large VORBISCOMMENT
Kenwood KMM-BT304	Fails	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Rejects	Rejects	Rejects	Plays	Rejects	Rejects	Plays	Reboots	Plays	-	-	File 03 plays extremely noisily, barely recognizable. File 51 produces a "NO DEVICE" error and a reboot. File 54 produces a reboot with no message. These files produce a "NA FILE" error and the player skips to the next: 19 21 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 55. (firmware: te1706k.krm from 2020-03-05)
Lenco Xemio-240	Plays	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Rejects								Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Tested with revision 6, firmware version V5.15, dated 2020-04-24
Onkyo TX-NR686	Fails	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Rejects		Plays	Reboots	Plays	Plays	Plays	Tested with revision 6, firmware version 1071-2000-1070-0011.
Panasonic TX-60CX750E	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Based on libFLAC 1.2.1, according to copyright notice. Firmware version 3.228, testbench revision 6
Pioneer BDP-150	Freezes	Fails	Fails	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Freezes	Fails	Fails	Plays	Freezes		Freezes	Freezes	Plays	Plays	Fails	Firmware v1.08, testbench revision 6
Pioneer DEH-1900UB	Skips	Plays	Skips	Skips	Skips	Skips							Plays	Other	Plays	-	-	Testbench revision 5
Rockbox	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Skips	Plays	Plays	Freezes		Freezes	Fails	Plays	-	-	Tested with Rockbox 3.15 (latest stable) on Sansa Fuze with testbench revision 5
Sony BDP-1700	Freezes	Fails	Fails	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Freezes	Fails	Fails	Plays	Freezes		Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Firmware m30.R.0527, testbench revision 6
Software players
Foobar 2000	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Foobar2000 version 1.6.8 with testbench revision 5, version 1.6.11 with revision 6 updates only.
VLC	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Plays	Plays	VLC 3.0.16 on testbench revision 5 VLC 3.0.17.4 on files 60 to 63.
Winamp 5.8	Plays	Plays	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Freezes		Plays	Plays	Plays	-	-	Winamp 5.8 build 3660, testbench revision 5
Windows Media Player	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	-	-	Tested version 12.0.19041.1288 on testbench revision 5
mpv	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Hangs	Plays	Plays	Fails	mpv-x86_64-20211031-git-4a80de9 on Windows, testbench revision 5 & files 60-63
Mediamonkey 5	Plays	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Silence	Breaks	Plays	Plays	Unresp.	Plays	-	-	Version 5.0.1.2433 with testbench revision 5
Mplayer (Windows)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Unresp.	Plays	Plays	Fails	Version Redxii-SVN-r37955-6.2.0 (x86_64) (using ffmpeg N-87137-g6ccd32c367) with testbench revision 5 & files 60-63
ffplay (Windows)	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Unresp.	Plays	-	-	version 4.4.1-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev with testbench revision 5
Spotify (Windows)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Skips	Skips (?)	Skips (?)	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Plays	Plays	Spotify for Windows version 1.1.72.439.gc253025e, testbench revision 5; files 60-63 with version 1.1.83.956.gbe7ea9a7. Note, tested a stereo soundcard only (hence the question mark on multichannel).
JRiver Media Center	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	-	-	version 28.0.88 64-bit with testbench revision 5
Amarok (Windows)	Fails	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Skips	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Amarok version 2.8.0 with testbench revision 5 and 60-63
Exaile (Windows)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	First tested version 4.1.1 (GStreamer: 1.18.4) with testbench revision 5. Then updated with 4.1.2-beta1 (GStreamer: 1.18.5) for variable blocksize and 60-63
Quod Libet (Windows)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	version 4.4.0 (portable version) with testbench revision 5 and 4.5.0 (portable) with revision 6.
Cog	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	version 2169 (2169-gbf54c452) with testbench revision 6
GoneMAD (Android)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Hangs	Plays	-	-	testbench revision 5
VUPlayer	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	VUPlayer 64-bit version 4.13 (BASS 2.4.15.0) with testbench revision 6.

Table legend
Plays	all files in this category are played as intended, without glitches, changes etc.
Rejects	One or more files are rejected by the player, either by skipping the file or mentioning a message like: "file not supported"
Fails	One or more files are not played back as intended, for example by stuttering, garbling or playing at incorrect speed, or by never starting playing (though not skipping, freezing or rebooting)
Freezes	On one or more files, the player crashes on decoding, leaving the unit inoperable until reboot, or the unit reboots by itself
The order of precedence is from bottom to top, so if one file freezes the player, one file is rejected and the other play fine, the table reads 'Freezes' for that category.
For the metadata tests, the (absence of) rendering of the metadata is not a criterium, simply whether its presence is an obstacle to playing

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 | class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" |  Tested with Rockbox 3.15 (latest stable) on Sansa Fuze with testbench revision 5
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+! Sony BDP-1700
+| style="background: red;"    | {{tooltip|Freezes|Freezes on non-standard blocksizes (254, 725, 1000 and 1937)}}
+| style="background: orange;" | {{tooltip|Fails|Garbled audio when playing file with LPC with qlp precision of 2}}
+| style="background: orange;" | {{tooltip|Fails|Stretches non-standard samplerates to 44.1kHz}}
+| style="background: lime;"   | Plays
+| style="background: red;"    | {{tooltip|Freezes|Freezes on variable blocksize files with non-standard blocksizes, stutters on variable blocksize files with standard blocksizes}}
+| style="background: lime;"   | Plays
+| style="background: red;"    | {{tooltip|Freezes|Freezes on non-standard blocksize (13456)}}
+| style="background: orange;" | {{tooltip|Fails|Incorrect decoding (clicks) of RICE2 partitions with escape codes}}
+| style="background: orange;" | {{tooltip|Fails|Stretches non-standard samplerates to 44.1kHz. Stutters on 192kHz with 32th order predictors}}
+| style="background: lime;"   | Plays
+| style="background: red;" colspan="2" | {{tooltip|Freezes|Freezes on files with more than 6 channels}}
+| style="background: yellow;" | {{tooltip|Skips|Skips file with an unknown number of total samples}}
+| style="background: lime;"   | Plays
+| style="background: lime;"   | Plays
+| style="background: lime;"   | Plays
+| style="background: orange;" | {{tooltip|Fails|Plays but skips parts of 24-bit file}}
+| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | Firmware m30.R.0527, testbench revision 6
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 ! colspan="16" | Software players