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1. Jason says

   nvm guys i got it

   May 10, 2007, 12:03 pm
2. MIKE says

   I have played with a large number of compression programs that claim to be “LOSSLESS” and this is not one I would choose. There is no such thing as LOSSLESS compression schemes. They al discard parts of the music in the compression formulas and as a result cannot duplicate the real music when de-compressed. Working with single discrete tones and multiple tones, there is some loss and cannot be replaced during de-compression.

   May 17, 2007, 11:19 am
3. Ross McKillop says

   Mike,

   They do not all discard parts of the music. From:

   http://flac.sourceforge.net/features.html

   Notable features of FLAC:

   * Lossless: The encoding of audio (PCM) data incurs no loss of information, and the decoded audio is bit-for-bit identical to what went into the encoder. Each frame contains a 16-bit CRC of the frame data for detecting transmission errors. The integrity of the audio data is further insured by storing an MD5 signature of the original unencoded audio data in the file header, which can be compared against later during decoding or testing.

   May 17, 2007, 11:24 am
4. wow wallpapers says

   nice explanations!

   June 11, 2007, 2:11 am
5. David Jacques says

   When converting flac to wav, what is the difference of converting at 44.100 khz 16 bit stereo 172 kb/sec and 48.000 khz 16 bit stereo 188 kb/sec? Which gives the best quality? Do all conversion methods of flac to mps result in the same quality? I am using winamp to wav and then itunes for wav to mp3. This method is free but I’m curious if some of the software that can be purchased results in a better (cleaner)mp3 result.

   April 27, 2009, 4:37 pm
6. Sven says

   @MIKE …u kidding me? Take a PCM file and run it with ZIP or RAR arciver, then decompress… any difference? NO period. Same with FLAC or any other compression that is lossless. It’s a mathematical process and NOT a lossy way that inwolves throwing away parts. Read and learn before giving your opinion.

   June 30, 2009, 9:41 am

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