![]() ![]() ![]() When doing my projects, first I render to a 32-bit float WAV, so that I can be sure I have the highest quality render saved. I have also heard rumors that the FLAC encoder is about to get a significant speed update in the months ahead, so it will work faster. Foobar2000 can display the checksums and alot of other stuff too.Īnd the 50% lossless filesize compression is good. You can use these to compare FLAC recordings using software that is able to display the checksum. The other advantage to FLAC is that it contains a validity checksum math for the audio portion of the file. The WAV contained inside the FLAC can be set to contain/retain regions and markers as long as you give the FLAC encoder and decoder (codec) the right commands. WAV's don't usually allow for that and it's not widely supported (although Foobar2000 supports it recently). I like FLAC better than WAV because you can store album art in it along with the regular metadata (title, artist, genre, date, composer, album, comment, etc). Currently, most portable hardware media players can only play 16-bit FLACs unless you update the firmware to a freeware OS like RockBox ( ). Pretty much every operating system has some FLAC support available via freeware.įLAC is good for 24-bit or 16-bit storage. Most modern software and media players can play FLAC also. The other nice thing about FLAC is that it doesn't collapse the bass to mono like all the other lossy codecs usually do (MP3, MP4/AAC/M4A). The sound quality of the player is reputedly better than iPods and the player is significantly less expensive and has lots of features, including EQ. I have a Sansa SanDisk Clip Zip which plays FLAC/WMA/MP3/WAV/Audible/M4A. FLAC is supported on SoundCloud and some portable media players such as those made by SanDisk, the co-inventors of flash drive media storage.
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