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Re: So samples can be FLAC now?
02/25/12 11:11 PM


> FLAC has a minor compression but not as much as MP3s. Much much much better than MP3,
> that's for sure.
> WAV -> around 1400 kbps
> FLAC -> between 950 kbps and 1100 kbps (depends on the encoder choices)

This is like comparing jpeg and png.

MP3 is a lossy compression which means it doesn't contain all the data of the original file. While FLAC is eeer... name is speaking for itself: Free Lossless Audio Codec... Free Lossless... Lossless... Think about a zip file! you can go from raw to zipped and back from zipped to raw without any data being loss. This is what lossless means.







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* So samples can be FLAC now? Mr. DoAdministrator 02/25/12 08:21 PM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? redk9258  02/25/12 09:22 PM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? CiroConsentino  02/25/12 08:28 PM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? ReadOnly  02/25/12 11:11 PM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? Foxhack  02/26/12 08:30 AM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? ReadOnly  02/26/12 03:48 PM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? CiroConsentino  02/26/12 05:01 PM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? ReadOnly  02/26/12 05:31 PM
. * Re: So samples can be FLAC now? mogli  02/26/12 06:27 AM

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