people on Audiocircle believe copying a file makes it sound worse... ---- Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 9, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Jud White <[email protected]> wrote: Solar flares and aliens, mostly. Also I was joking to demonstrate the absurdity. I verified Ben's hypothesis, it is using VERBATIM. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Mark Rudholm <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you explain exactly how transferring a WAV file from one drive to > another results in degradation of audio quality? > > And what are the "inherent defects of digital copying"? > > Please be as technical as you can, myself and others on this list > understand the relevant concepts very well and would be interested in > understanding this degradation process. > > -Mark > > On 03/09/2012 01:25 PM, Jud White wrote: > > Mark, > > > > > if your equipment can handle flac, why bother keeping WAVs at all? > > > > Hash codes were invented by people with a vested interest in so-called > > "lossless" compression. The truth is even copying a WAV file from one > > drive to another will result in degradation of audio quality. While > > SnakeOil Software, Ltd can't protect you from the inherent defects of > > digital copying, it's a step in the right direction. > > > > My only hope is that this transmission reaches you in a legible form. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Mark Rudholm <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 03/09/2012 08:14 AM, Martin Kos wrote: > > > On 09.03.2012 15:09, yahoo2 wrote: > > >> Uncompressed FLAC is called WAV. > > > really? ;-) > > > > > > the problem is that there is no standarized way to store > > metadata in a > > > WAVE file, like with FLAC tags / vorbis comments in flac files.... > > > > It seems like you can add ID3 tags to just about any file. Can > > they be > > added to a WAV file, or would most players get confused by that? > > > > Maybe someone has explained before, but if your equipment can handle > > flac, why bother keeping WAVs at all? The conversion is so quick and > > today's CPUs are so fast it's nearly zero-cost. > > _______________________________________________ > > Flac mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
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