Whilst they're different compression methods FLAC and Apple Lossless pretty much amount to the same thing when used, that is to say that when music is compressed using either of these encoding methods, the end result is lossless.
AAC/AAC+ is not lossless compression nor is it Apple Lossless compression. On 14/11/2011, at 5:36 AM, Richard Claypool wrote: > I never knew who made apple flac, so misunderstood the message, thanks for > the knowledge. > > > -----Original Message----- From: David McLean > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 9:04 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: audio quality > > Apple lossless is ALAC. I've never seen anything encoded with it however. > On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:37 AM, Richard Claypool wrote: > >> my bad, I thought flac was apple lossless. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Brent Harding >> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 3:26 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: audio quality >> >> Yes, but that could change now that Apple recently made it open source. I >> don't know what would make it any better than flac, shn, or any of the >> others except if you used an Ipod, now you can generate the files with other >> tools. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamit Campos" <hamitcam...@gmail.com> >> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:49 PM >> Subject: RE: audio quality >> >> >>> Ah see that's the thing about Apple Losless, If you use it, you have to play >>> it either on your Ipod, or Itunes. So If you don't have them, or if you >>> don't care for them, then what's the point? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >>> On Behalf Of Brent Harding >>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 12:42 PM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: audio quality >>> >>> I heard that Apple made their lossless format open source. I'm not sure why >>> they would do that or what makes it better or different than the rest >>> besides it locked you in when it wasn't open source. I'm not sure if anyone >>> made tools yet using it though if one doesn't use Itunes. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Claypool" >>> <bellevue....@gmail.com> >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 10:14 AM >>> Subject: Re: audio quality >>> >>> >>>> I don't use wma lossless, the bootleggers I deal with use flac, and it's >>>> not limited to windows. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Hamit Campos >>>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 10:27 AM >>>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >>>> Subject: RE: audio quality >>>> >>>> Yep, PCM 44100 KHZ 16 bit is fine for music, that's what CDs are anyways. >>>> Even wma lossless would be fine but only WMP can make it. That's why I >>>> wish >>>> Olympus would dump regular old WMA, and get WMA Losless on their >>>> recorders. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >>>> On Behalf Of Sunshine >>>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 12:24 AM >>>> To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org >>>> Subject: audio quality >>>> >>>> in terms of audio quality for file types which is the best for archiving >>>> music/ or spoken word? >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
