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Title: What is FLAC?
Post by: slash1213 on December 20, 2007, 04:28:15 PM
hey guys.. I think this is the right place to ask this. Can anybody tell me what is FLAC files. Someone told me only that the quality is better... However , I downloaded some music in FLAC and decoded it an all that crap.. and sounds pretty much the same to me,, am I doing something wrong?..the only difference I notice is the files are 80 MB instead of 3 MB hehe.. Thanks in advance


Title: Re: What is FLAC?
Post by: kaasupoltin on December 20, 2007, 04:42:05 PM
It's lossless, it's the best sound quality you can get. But if you're fine with .mp3 etc. then I don't see any reason to use FLACs : ok:


Title: Re: What is FLAC?
Post by: Aerosmith on December 20, 2007, 04:51:42 PM
 Flac files is a type of compression without loss of quality with respect to the original (Wav PCM files), instead Mp3, Wma or ogg, ?cuts certain frequencies that supposedly are not audible to the human ear. For example an Mp3 at 128 kb/s cuts frequencies upwards of 15000 Hz, with that we are losing the last 5000 Hz of the audible spectrum, besides that adds some noise to the signal.
 I hope you understand me, since my english is not the best. :-[


Title: Re: What is FLAC?
Post by: zombux on December 20, 2007, 05:31:18 PM
+ MP3 under 192kbps or so is becoming different from the original, it distorts the sound, especially lower bitrates add more bass and destroys middles and trebles. however, 256kbps or more is pretty similar to the original.


Title: Re: What is FLAC?
Post by: ForeverGNR on December 21, 2007, 05:47:59 AM
http://flac.sourceforge.net/


Title: Re: What is FLAC?
Post by: slash1213 on December 22, 2007, 08:31:00 AM
thanks to everyone who answered.. I guess I ll stay with Mp3 for now,, until I buy a  500 GB hard drive  :hihi: