[peel] Lossy and Lossless Audio compression

[Tom Bartlett]

Well your original e-mail wasn't clear as you have acknowledged. I guess 
that if  I found it unclear people new to FLAC would have as well.

Sorry you found it patronizing but refer to above. As the message is for 
all users of the group the guide will be relevant for those newer to the 
format and who have asked about it!

Why should I convert to wav which doesn't support tagging, takes up 
twice the space of a lossless format, can easily be stored on hard drive 
instead of burning to countless CDRs etc etc etc.

And as for sound - well if one uses tinny speakers on their PC they get 
what they deserve. :)



markbursa@... wrote:
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>     >>Erm you are a bit wrong wrong on that one! FLAC is an audio
>     format. Free
>     Lossless Audio Codec is it's full name for starters.<<
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>      
>     OK, perhaps I dodn't express myself clearly enough. It is
>     reversible - you can convert a Flac back to a WAV without loss.
>     You cannot do that with MP3 or (presumably, as I've never tried) Ogg.
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>     >> I suggest you have
>     a look here for a beginners guide.<<
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> Shall I sit in the corner with the dunce's cap on while doing so? I'm 
> sure you don't mean to be patronising, but....
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>  ;-)
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> >>You can play FLAC back in most players including i-tunes and Windows
> media player if you download the right filters. I use Foobar 2000 on XP.<<
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> Why bother? Just convert it back to WAV, so it plays in anything, or 
> can be burned to disc so it can be played on a decent hifi rather than 
> tinny PC speakers.
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> Mark
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