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Date:      Mon, 03 Feb 2003 10:27:07 -0600
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [slightly OT] Re: Losless audio encoder
Message-ID:  <87r8apmisk.fsf@strauser.com>
In-Reply-To: <53004.198.162.158.15.1044289007.squirrel@www.dubium.com> ("Joe Sotham"'s message of "Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:16:47 -0800 (PST)")
References:  <20030202165056.GA5179@teddy.fas.com> <20030203030949.GK89972@arpa.com> <53004.198.162.158.15.1044289007.squirrel@www.dubium.com>

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At 2003-02-03T16:16:47Z, "Joe Sotham" <joe@dubium.com> writes:

> I am migrating an audio tape collection to mp3.  Is flac a better digital
> source than wav file from which to undertake the conversion to ogg or mp3.

I think you may be mixing up the concepts slightly.  A flac file is similar
to an mp3, in that both are compressed forms of the original audio file.
The main difference is that a flac file can be decompressed into a
bit-for-bit identical copy of the original file, whereas a decompressed mp3
bears almost no resemblance to the original.

You would probably sample your tapes into a wav file, edit it to your
liking, then use flac for archival.

> I do not require an archival quality process only one that allows me most
> flexibility in cleaning up the static and hiss which accompanies the audio
> tapes.

wav (or similar) is probably your only real option for the intermediate
storage.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.

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