FLAC decoder testbench

To further the use and development of FLAC, a testbench containing files with different parameters was constructed. The testbench consists of 59 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.

For more information on which file tests what characteristics and features, please refer to the readme.txt file that is included in the testbench. This testbench is licensed under CC0 1.0.

The testbench can be downloaded here (revision 6) and is maintained here.

	CDDA (44.1kHz/16-bit and less)					High-res (96kHz/24-bit and more)					Multichannel		Metadata
Decoder	Block­sizes	Features	Sample­rates	Bit­depths	Var. bl.size	General	Block­size	Features	Sample­rates	Bit­depths	General	Features	Missing	Extreme	MIME	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
Android	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Fails	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Expand 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	Expand 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		-	-	-	Expand 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	Expand 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	Expand 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	Expand 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)
Onkyo TX-NR686	Fails	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Rejects		Plays	Reboots	Plays	Expand Tested with revision 5, firmware version 1071-2000-1070-0011.
Panasonic TX-60CX750E	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Fails	Plays	Expand Based on libFLAC 1.2.1, according to copyright notice. Firmware version 3.228, testbench revision 5
Pioneer BDP-150	Freezes	Fails	Fails	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Freezes	Fails	Fails	Plays	Freezes		Freezes	Freezes	Plays	Expand Firmware v1.08, testbench revision 5
Pioneer DEH-1900UB	Skips	Plays	Skips	Skips	Skips	Skips							Plays	Other	Plays	Expand Testbench revision 5
Rockbox	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Skips	Plays	Plays	Freezes		Freezes	Fails	Plays	Expand Tested with Rockbox 3.15 (latest stable) on Sansa Fuze with testbench revision 5
Software players
Foobar 2000	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Expand Foobar2000 version 1.6.8 with testbench revision 5
VLC	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Expand VLC 3.0.16 on testbench revision 5
Winamp 5.8	Plays	Plays	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Freezes	Plays	Freezes		Plays	Plays	Plays	Expand 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	Expand 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	Expand mpv-x86_64-20211031-git-4a80de9 on Windows, testbench revision 5
Mediamonkey 5	Plays	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Silence	Breaks	Plays	Plays	Unresp.	Plays	Expand 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	Expand Version Redxii-SVN-r37955-6.2.0 (x86_64) (using ffmpeg N-87137-g6ccd32c367) with testbench revision 5
ffplay (Windows)	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Unresp.	Plays	Expand 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	Expand Spotify for Windows version 1.1.72.439.gc253025e tested a stereo soundcard only (hence the question mark on multichannel), with testbench revision 5
JRiver Media Center	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Expand version 28.0.88 64-bit with testbench revision 5
Amarok (Windows)	Fails	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Skips	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Expand Amarok version 2.8.0 with testbench revision 5
Exaile (Windows)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Rejects	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Expand version 4.1.1 (GStreamer: 1.18.4) with testbench revision 5
Quod Libet (Windows)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Fails	Plays	Plays	Plays	Skips	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Expand version 4.4.0 (portable version) with testbench revision 5
Cog	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Expand version 1755 (1755-g92d29e7a) with testbench revision 5
GoneMAD (Android)	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Plays	Crashes	Plays	Hangs	Plays	Expand testbench revision 5

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