Hi Dana. No, creating a lossy copy from a lossless master in either Flac, WMA lossless or indeed WAV, will not introduce artifacts in the resulting file. If you have the disc space, this is the best way to archive your CD collection. All your music ripped at the highest possible quality with the ability to create smaller lossy copies when required for portable playback and the like.
Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 2:26 PM Subject: Re: FLAC Questions > Kevin, > > Thanks. > > now another FLAC question: Will converting from FLAC to another, lossy, > format introduce artifacts? I wouldn't think so. But, since I'm still > learning about all this stuff, I'd like to know from someone who knows more > than I. > > Thanks. > > Blessed Be, > > Dana > that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > > D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: dsleslie > Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > Your Source for Discounted Ideas > http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:21 AM > Subject: Re: FLAC Questions > > > > Hi Dana. > > > > It's easy to explain why you can't choose a bit rate. Flak, like WMA > > lossless, is a lossless format and so it automatically chooses the bit > > rate > > that will preserve the full sound quality. A variable bit rate is used to > > ensure the best compression and file size and so what you're seeing there > > is > > the difference in musical complexity yielding differring bit rates. For > > example, most modern music is recorded at a far higher quality than say > > 50's > > or 60's music and so a modern track will be closer to the 900kbps whereas > > the old stuff will be closer to 400kbps. There are also differences in > > music genre that will mean more or less bits are required to record the > > music. For example, a singer strumming a guitar is going to need less > > bits > > per frame than say a rock band with two guitars, bass, drums, keyboard and > > vocals. > > > > Regards. > > > > Kevin > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC-Audio" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 7:12 PM > > Subject: FLAC Questions > > > > > >> I've started experimenting with FLAC, again. I'm getting much better > >> sound > >> quality than I did the last time I tried using FLAC, several months ago. > >> Could this be because FLAC support is now integrated into Winamp; could > > the > >> fact that, previously, I had to install a separate FLAC plug-in in Winamp > >> explain the poor sound quality I got when I played .FLAC files, > > previously? > >> > >> When I rip my CDs to .FLAC, using Easy CD-DA Extractor, I get to choose a > >> compression level, but not a sample rate or bit rate. I've noticed, > > though, > >> that all the files come out as 44khz (not surprising, but the bit rates > > vary > >> widely, between slightly over 400kbps and slightly over 900kbps. Can > > someone > >> explain this, please? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Blessed Be, > >> > >> Dana > >> that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > >> > >> D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Skype: dsleslie > >> Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > >> Your Source for Discounted Ideas > >> http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >> http://www.pc-audio.org > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
