QA/FLAC support
FLAC support
Revision History
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| Date | Version | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-16 | 1.0 | Ciprian Georgiu | Created first draft |
Overview
Purpose
Detail the purpose of this document. For example:
- The test scope, focus areas and objectives
- The test responsibilities
- The test strategy for the levels and types of test for this release
- The entry and exit criteria
- The basis of the test estimates
- Any risks, issues, assumptions and test dependencies
- The test schedule and major milestones
- The test deliverables
Scope
This wiki details the testing that will be performed by the project team for the FLAC support project. It defines the overall testing requirements and provides an integrated view of the project test activities. Its purpose is to document:
- what will be tested,
- how testing will be performed.
Ownership
Engineering contact(s):
QA contact(s):
- Florin Mezei (:FlorinMezei) - Project Manager of the Release QA Team
- Ciprian Georgiu (:ciprian.georgiu) - leading QA efforts
Testing summary
Scope of Testing
In Scope
Testing efforts will be focused on confirming that FLAC support is working as expected for eligible audio content.
Out of Scope
The full functionality of the FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is not included in the testing efforts. Only Firefox support for the Flac audio feature is tested. Although, a smoke will be run on the functionality part.
Requirements for testing
Environments
What is FLAC?
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 file.
FLAC stands out as the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents, has an open-source reference implementation, has a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.