Foobar2000:Components/Audio MD5 (foo audiomd5)

Audio MD5
foo_audiomd5
Developer(s)	Case
Repository
Release information
Initial release	October 7, 2020; 4 years ago
Stable release	0.6.5 (September 8, 2023)
Preview release
foobar2000 compatibility
Architecture	{{{foobar2000_architecture}}}
Minimum version	1.5
Maximum version	{{{foobar2000_maximum}}}
UI module(s)	N/A
Additional information
Use	Other
License	Modified ISC License
Discussion thread	{{{discussion_thread}}}
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Description

A tool for generating and verifying MD5 checksum of audio data. Uses ffmpeg.exe and supports all formats FFmpeg supports.

Configuration

Audio MD5 can be configured in Preferences > Advanced > Tools > Audio MD5

Note: By default the checksum will not match the MD5 of various lossless audio formats. Those codecs calculate the checksum from the uncompressed PCM data before the compression is done. This component works on the already compressed binary data. The checksum won't match generic MD5 checksum tools either. The use of ffmpeg allows ignoring all non-audio related bits of the file so tag edits won't ruin the checksums.

Since version 0.5 there is an advanced configuration option to switch lossless format checksum to be calculated from the decoded PCM output.

Required

You must provide path to the ffmpeg.exe binary (downloaded separately) in Preferences > Advanced > Tools > Audio MD5 > FFmpeg bin path

External links

• Official Component page