--- Pat Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zten wrote: > > OK. So I guess I am just probing at the claim that restoring a WAV > from > > FLAC will result in the EXACT re-creation of the original wave > file. I > > did not rip the CD down as one complete file, instead, each song is > its > > own file. I guess I buy the explanation about the gap between songs > as a > > possible answer. I for sure don't know enough to refute it. > > Any lossless compression scheme must recreate the original file. > But in practice there is often a little bit of padding > generated, so that the file size may be different.
FLAC does not introduce any padding; it always stores and reproduces exactly the samples it was fed as input. the process of ripping a CD as individual tracks can cause an "inexact" freedb match if not done properly due to the gaps between tracks. Josh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
