Jim Dibb Wrote:
> I'd like to hear why it's a waste of disk space to use it and then
> delete all the true dups (not different artists, not different
> arrangements. Just different CDs?).
I'd again like to hear why phrases like "dupe" and "the same" are being
used so liberally with lossless audio.
Quick "is it the same?" audio test (for anyone, regardless of listening
equipment - even my deaf granny can do this):
Code:
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metaflac "D:\Michael Jackson\Thriller\01 - Beat It.flac" --show-md5
metaflac "D:\Various\80's Crap Vol 7\20 - Beat It.flac" --show-md5
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Do the MD5's match? If yes then congratulations - you have found 2
tracks the same, I'm still yet to this in my 20,000+ FLAC collection.
Delete this track, it's the same and is wasting hard disk space. If
the MD5's didn't match then it is not the same.
Now if it's not the same and you delete/replace it then the album you
have is no longer lossless, and to make matters worse and generate
confusion you are storing it in a lossless format.
Time to choose how important lossless is to you, if it's quite
acceptable to lose entire tracks of a CD as "the other one sounds the
same", or "ReplayGain will sort out the volume difference" then by all
means do it, but then ask yourself why you chose lossless and if you
are quite happy to listen to tracks with different volumes or digitally
applied amplitude adjustments then maybe you should do another
FLAC<>320kbpsMP3 blind listening test as you could save a lot of cash
if you switch over to MP3 - you did do one in the first place didn't
you? You didn't just chose FLAC because "they" told you to did you?
Jim Dibb Wrote:
>
> There's a few reasons why 'not'
> to use FLAC. What is the reason to use FLAC?
>
Your ears tell you to, you care about having a 1:1 backup of your
entire album-for-album CD collection for when CD-rot kicks in.
Jim Dibb Wrote:
>
> The idea itself is not flawed though.
>
I know:
Jim Wrote:
> *I applaud your idea*, however I think it's more of a solution to gain
> space from a lossy collection. If ever I came across two FLAC files
> that were exactly the same I of course would like to use a feature like
> this, but as I said earlier with a growing collection of 20,000+ I
> haven't yet - and I do have about 20 different versions of some songs
> that sound the same to me and would no doubt be picked up by your MMM
> software as "dupes".
--
Jim
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