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- eqisow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2poipoipoi, FLAC is bigger than MP3 because it's lossless, and MP3 is not. Being that it's a lossless format, you can't fairly compare it to mp3. What you should be comparing it to is WAV. It is half the size of WAV with no quality loss at all. From that viewpoint, FLAC is very very good. If, however, you are more concerned with size than quality, you could always go with ogg. It is free as in freedom and beer, just like flac, and is much more comparable to mp3.
- skamp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't understand why people always link to FLAC. WavPack (http://www.wavpack.com/) has all of FLAC's features, but compresses better and (much) faster.
- geekfu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I urge anyone interested in lossless audio encoding to take a look at FLAC - http://flac.sourceforge.net. Cross platform support and unencumbered by icky patents.
- BenStockwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I like FLAC as well, but I'm always scared that these open source projects will go away some day. If a standard is established, and the compression is up to par, I will probably go with the standard."
FLAC is the standard. The whole point of open source, is that it will never go away if there's interest in it. Anybody can continue to develop, hack, and improve it. - thirdtenor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't worry about FLAC, since its lossless you can always transcode to something else
for a good breakdown of popular lossless codecs visit http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison
i dugg this story but i don't digg the inevitable licensing fees that go along with anything mpeg - sneakywombat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.nue.tu-berlin.de/wer/liebchen/lpac.html
http://www.nue.tu-berlin.de/forschung/projekte/lossless/mp4als.html - tuffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I expect this is the same sort of liner predictive coding + residual compression used by FLAC, Apple lossless, Shorten and everyone else. It'll manage about 50% compression on average and probably won't put a dent in existing lossless audio formats but will wind up in a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Webpage already Dugg: Timed out.
- Double-Z, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wish my MP3 player could play flac files..
- zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Another encoding format to worry about... *sigh*
- comat0se, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not exactly the most wonderful acronym to use given that ALS is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. It's also what Stephen Hawking has and it's what killed Leadbelly. They should think about these things a little...
- skamp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I mean http://www.wavpack.com/ (why can't I edit my own comment?).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, throw in a few other one... ahah
- orangetiki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Eesh. I have my audio at 9600 kbps. And honestly, I don't hear much difference. Of course I am using small, cheaper speakers and headphones. I like the smaller file size also. Maybe if I had a better ear for music or some stereo system that was well in the thousands of dollars I would go for it, but not for commercail use. This is what the pros need.
- MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0
I like FLAC as well, but I'm always scared that these open source projects will go away some day. If a standard is established, and the compression is up to par, I will probably go with the standard. - poipoipoi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Also, FLAC is really ***** huge and takes up lots of space, and also takes way too long to download. But aside from that, it's great. I urge anyone interested in having to buy 500 DVDr's a month to take a look at FLAC.
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