OST Download in FLAC Is Broken

[zyxabacab]

Hi all!

The FLAC version of the soundtrack (from https://www.srb2.org/download/soundtrack/) looks like it's broken.

The ZIP file extracts without errors, but trying to decode the audio with version 1.4.3 of the reference FLAC decoder throws all manner of errors: "FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_FRAME_CRC_MISMATCH", "FLAC__STREAM_DECODER_ERROR_STATUS_LOST_SYNC", and so on. Some players (i.e. MPC-HC) can play back the files, but other players (i.e. foobar2000) can't.

It looks like the FLACs were encoded with libFLAC 1.3.2; and while I did manage to successfully decode these files using version 1.3.2 of the reference decoder, several had MD5 mismatches:

103 - Character Select.flac
106 - Floral Field Zone.flac
123 - Red Volcano Zone, Act 2.flac
124 - Magma Caves Zone.flac
133 - Ending.flac
134 - Credits.flac
215 - Red Volcano Zone Alternate (Unused).flac
218 - Extra Special Stage (Unused).flac

Is there any place to find a FLAC version of the soundtrack without these errors?

---

EDIT 1: Sorry if this post is in the wrong subforum! I'm not sure where I should have posted this!

EDIT 2: I suppose I should also mention that the issue persists across a variety of software in both Windows and Linux; I even downloaded several copies of the ZIP file from different dates, by using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, only to find that the ZIP file has apparently not changed since it was uploaded. So it looks like it has contained these corrupted FLACs ever since it was (presumably) uploaded around December 2019.

 

[zyxabacab]

So it's been 8 days with no replies...

Does anyone know where I could go, or who I should talk to, to bring up this issue?

I thought about using Bug Reports subforum, but the link takes me to the Gitlab bug tracker for the game itself; I'm not sure it's appropriate to bring up an issue with the website on the bug tracker for the game source code.

 

[DylanDude]

So it's been 8 days with no replies...

Does anyone know where I could go, or who I should talk to, to bring up this issue?

I thought about using Bug Reports subforum, but the link takes me to the Gitlab bug tracker for the game itself; I'm not sure it's appropriate to bring up an issue with the website on the bug tracker for the game source code.

This has been a known issue for several months. A composer plans to update the files at some point.

 

[zyxabacab]

Thanks for the information! I appreciate it!