Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

Congratulations on the release. Lately you very well know what your clients want and my wallet is struggling .

I have a couple of questions about DRS 6G:

• There are no instructions about the volume. Did you forget it or is the general "use the masked one to adjust, then the ultrasonic" ?
  
• So, the stand-alone usage is 55 minutes, when 1 loop is 60 minutes. Seriously? This seems easy unless you want to use it in a playlist with silent tracks and so.... So, do those 5 minutes really matter?
  

If it matters.... I have read the guidelines about not modifying the subs, convert to MP3, etc. I really understand them and why. I do know a little about digital audio and such.

But if I execute

Code:

ffmpeg -i Directional_Reflection_Shield_6G_Ultrasonic_\(Silent\).flac -ss 300 DRS_6G_Ultrasonic_55m.flac

being FLAC a lossless format, I'm doing something wrong? Am I "breaking" something?
So this command "cuts" the first 5 minutes (5x60 sec = 300) and don't modify anything else.

Thank you in advance,.

As stated in the post above, forgot volume.  I spent so much time making sure the program was perfect in time for the end of the month, and calculating the other things that I had to push too far with exhaustion to get it out this month, and forgot the volume.  lol  The above post gives guidelines until I can finish modeling it.

As to usage time... yes, I know, 55 minutes is awkward.  I also know that that is what came out of the models for producing the best results, and the spike at 55 minutes was far outpacing the data points that came back for the options to either side..  So yes, it matters.

You should never modify what I have done because A) then I cannot guarantee you have a valid subliminal and B) that invalidates the refund policy.  Naturally I don't know what is what on your computer or what could go wrong.  FLAC is lossless, but is there something happening behind the scenes that is assuming what you wanted?  I can't know that.

You can try this, but if I was going to suggest cutting audio, I would say always cut from the end, and never from the beginning of a subliminal I made. If you're cool with the risk and not being eligible for a refund, feel free.