gallowsroad
join:2004-08-09
Tulsa, OK
 ·Comcast
| Exact Audio Copy & FLAC
When encoding to FLAC on the fly with EAC, what corresponding level of compression is EAC applying, when compared to say, Flac Front End? The latter has a range of 1-8, and it installed with 6 as the default.
In the EAC settings I used "high" for quality. |
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chipshot
The More I Learn, The Less I Know
join:2001-11-07
Louisville, KY
clubs: | Since FLAC is a lossless algorithm, I would think you would get the same quality output regardless of compression setting. Maybe the compression setting just affects the time it takes to encode and decode? |
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gallowsroad
join:2004-08-09
Tulsa, OK
·Comcast
| I did a few tests with Flac files done by EAC and those done from the .wav files using Flac Frontend and they are very close in size. Taking what you said I did some reading around the web and others say the same thing - that the amount of compression is a file size and time issue, not a quality issue. Using Flac Frontend, the time difference between the lowest and highest compression settings isn't really that much at all - blazing fast either way.
Thanks.
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
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FLAC is designed to decode FAST, damn fast, no matter how much compression was used. Higher compression settings just tell the encoder to spend more time and effort towards smaller files.
I wish more knew about FLAC. MP3 and WMA are the equivalents of Alzheimer's and senile dementia for your music! And, like brain tissue, once you lose it, it's gone forever...
-NK |
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