Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:34:13 -0800 (PST) From: "Joe Sotham" <joe@dubium.com> To: "Kirk Strauser" <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [slightly OT] Re: Losless audio encoder Message-ID: <60614.198.162.158.15.1044290053.squirrel@www.dubium.com> In-Reply-To: <87r8apmisk.fsf@strauser.com> References: <20030202165056.GA5179@teddy.fas.com><20030203030949.GK89972@arpa.com> <53004.198.162.158.15.1044289007.squirrel@www.dubium.com> <87r8apmisk.fsf@strauser.com>
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Kirk Strauser said:
> The main difference is that a flac file can be decompressed into a
> bit-for-bit identical copy of the original file, whereas a decompressed
> mp3
> bears almost no resemblance to the original.
Yes, not the first time today someone thought I was confued. Thanks. I
thought a wav file and flac file occupied a similar place in the
food-compression chain. So a good option would be to go from wav -> flac
If I wanted to keep a lossless version of the recording around.
> You would probably sample your tapes into a wav file, edit it to your
> liking, then use flac for archival.
--
Joe Sotham
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