garym;638342 Wrote: > FLAC files are 50% to 60% of the WAV file. So you cut the space needs in > half. Most think you should use the 5 level of "compression" with FLAC > (or lower). This is because there are *some* decoders that struggle > more with decoding the maximum compression (8), and there is not much > real space saving going from 5 to 8. It may be fixed now, but some SB > users reported problems with 24/96 FLAC files when they were encoded at > 8 but no issues when encoded at 5. > > I've never had any issues with 16/44.1 FLAC files encoded at 8, but > I've since started ripping everything at "5" anyhow.
All my FLAC files are encoded @level 8. I've done some tests with encoding at all levels to compare encoding/decoding results. Conclusion is that level 8 encoding does save some space, but savings are relatively small (few megabytes). Decoding of level 8 FLAC files may take more CPU power but difference is very small (few %). For hi-res PCM data compression ratio is not so good as it is with 16/44.1 files. That's why I decided to go for level 8 encoding for all my FLAC files because it will save some space and costs are next to nothing. So far haven't had any problems while decoding level 8 FLAC files on my SB Duet or other players. -- Bytec ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bytec's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17676 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88364 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
