cvt_to_wav

cvt_to_wav is a Samba VFS providing on the fly decoding of Flac files to WAV. Briefly, when this VFS is applied to a shared directory, any file with a .flac extension has it's name converted to a .wav extension on directory listings. If you attempt to open the virtual WAV file, the VFS uses the FLAC library to uncompress the file and present it as a WAV file.

Features

• Uses the flac library to decode flac files to WAV.
• Supports seeking within the virtual WAV file.
• Converts Vorbis Tags in the FLAC file to LIST/INFO chunks in the WAV file. My intention is that these tags are in a format understood by the Sonos ZonePlayer.
• Optionally applies replay gain to the generated WAV file.

Prerequisites

cvt_to_wav requires a recent version of Samba. I'm currently using it with versions 3.0.9 and 3.0.13. It will not work with Samba versions earlier than 3.0.

cvt_to_wav requires FLAC headers and libraries. I'm currently using versions 1.1.0 and 1.1.2.

Availability

cvt_to_wav is being made available under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

You can download cvt_to_wav source here.