FLAC
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audio_Codec
- http://flac.sourceforge.net/
- http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html
- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.2.1b.exe
Compression ratios
an example:
- 7333 audio files, (in 429 folders), winamp: 14 days+14:25:43
- wav - 207 GB (223.171.483.886 Bytes)
- flac 1.1.2, 1.1.3 - ca. 89,0 GB (95.627.346.550 Bytes) ratio = 0.428492677
- flac 1.2.1b - 86,3 GB (92.729.301.460 Bytes) ratio = 0.415506945
| # of files | GB | hours |
|---|---|---|
| 7333 | 86,3 | 350 |
| 1000 | 12 | 48 |
| 250 | 3 | 12 |
| 84 | 1 | 4 |
Data Security
2008-02-20 User:Chrisjjj : For me most important is security of data. I have seen programs such as MediaMonkey have only recently had fixes to bugs that corrupted FLAC files so, though not the fault of FLAC, sadly I think more time is needed before FLAC is as safe to use as older formats.