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In Reply to: RE: I'll be happy to respond posted by E-Stat on March 22, 2015 at 06:38:18
You mention that you use FLAC. Why that and not Wav?
Which format's the most loss-free, totally uncompressed, bit-perfect copy of in input, in this case CDs?
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and support for higher resolutions (24/96 or 24/192). I understand one can produce external tag files for the WAV format, but I see no benefit. Ripping CDs to FLAC using dBpoweramp is a breeze. Put the CD in and it automatically accesses the content from the internet, creates all the tagging information and retrieves the cover art. Also performs a CRC check against the original.
I use a pretty high horsepower PC so I'm not worried about decompression overhead. Running two independent streams consumes under 1% of CPU power.
Which format's the most loss-free, totally uncompressed, bit-perfect copy of in input, in this case CDs?
While FLAC is compressed, it is lossless and can recreate the original CD upon decompression.
Thanks for the good info.
Looking further into the issue of FLAC vs WAV vs AIFF, etc., the issue that arises is how the files are played back.
As I understand it, if FLAC files are played back directly [rather than being converted first, or what? Not sure right here], then the uncompression must occur in real time. It's when that happens that the greatest possibility of digital degredation may occur.
I've heard that if FLAC files are read, uncompressed not in real time, they may be converted to WAV with no loss of information whatever.
So, how do you playback FLAC without running into real time playback decompression issues?
As I understand it, if FLAC files are played back directly [rather than being converted first, or what? Not sure right here], then the uncompression must occur in real time.
Yes. That is the case with all compressed content, either lossy or lossless.
So, how do you playback FLAC without running into real time playback decompression issues?
Just means you need some processing horsepower. As I mentioned before, my computer's CPUs run at under 1% usage while decompressing and playing two independent streams. Even 24/96 content. No problemo.
Really doesn't require heroic power. I just like having it. :)
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