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Maximising FLAC compression to minimise disk usage
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<blockquote data-quote="Now Playing" data-source="post: 708728" data-attributes="member: 2381"><p>^^^ I can't help but think your aversions are a result of misunderstanding of what the FLAC codec does.</p><p></p><p>"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."</p><p></p><p>When you play a FLAC file th software has to unpack the FLAC file and uncompress the audio stream (akin to zip/unzip). That uncompressed PCM audio stream is then sent to your DAC and it's exactly the same stream that would've been sent had the file been left as a WAV, unpacked as PCM and sent to your DAC. What you get in exchange is significant reduction in storage space required plus the ability to easily add metadata that is understood my virtually any music player. If FLAC makes you guys nervous then ZIP and RAR files should too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Now Playing, post: 708728, member: 2381"] ^^^ I can't help but think your aversions are a result of misunderstanding of what the FLAC codec does. "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." When you play a FLAC file th software has to unpack the FLAC file and uncompress the audio stream (akin to zip/unzip). That uncompressed PCM audio stream is then sent to your DAC and it's exactly the same stream that would've been sent had the file been left as a WAV, unpacked as PCM and sent to your DAC. What you get in exchange is significant reduction in storage space required plus the ability to easily add metadata that is understood my virtually any music player. If FLAC makes you guys nervous then ZIP and RAR files should too. [/QUOTE]
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