Timeline for What command line options should I use to convert FLAC level n to FLAC Level 8 without quality loss?
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| Apr 28, 2018 at 19:31 | answer | added | Chromatix | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 17:20 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Spectrum analysers really don't do what you think they will do - use your ears; if you can't tell, then it doesn't matter. There are few consumer audio systems that could truly delineate. That aside, there's good reason 44.1/16k was picked for CD audio; most people can't hear the difference [& it was about as good as technology could decode on the fly at the time] I drop to 128k for iPod etc, as it really makes no discernible difference on headset/in car etc. HD space is really cheap too, just keep one on the shelf with the originals. | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 17:15 | comment | added | RoldGold | Well I do that for transferring the music to my phone. I'd like to keep the FLAC on my local machine's HD. I'd just also like to conserve disk space. To me there is no sense in wasting it. If I were to look at the two files in a spectrum analyzer, would I be able to visually see the difference (assuming that one got compressed to 48k/16)? | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 16:54 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Alternatively, just encode to 320k AAC for 'general listening purposes' & drop the originals to an archive drive to put on a shelf until needed. Additional point... Most people don't even record their albums at 96/24, they use 44.1/24 or for film 48/24... which always begs the question ... 'did someone just upsample it to make you think it's "better"?' [people often record at 32-bit float, but they wouldn't export the master at that] | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 16:48 | comment | added | Tetsujin | ah, OK. From what I know [which is nothing specific, but I pretty much trust their agenda] then your sources ought to be clean, which makes your question 'valid' [not that you needed my non-authority to grant you that ;) tbh, I'm not sure how to do it most efficiently, but to re-encode to broadcast wave [bwav] then back to your new flac would indeed be theoretically lossless. | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 16:34 | comment | added | RoldGold | That is an excellent question. Everything I have is from HDTracks.com. Let's suppose that they are reliable and their sources are actually high-res, and they aren't just taking CD rips and upconverting them. | |
| Apr 28, 2018 at 16:14 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Next 'valid point' is who made the original 96k/24bit files & where did they get them from. There is so much hype behind high res audio, most of which is sourced from people with dodgy record players & some vinyl they think 'sounds cool' :/ Unless they were sourced from the record company & they sourced them from the original analog masters, you already lost more than you think you may save. [Source of opinion: 35 years in the audio industry] | |
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