Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-17 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:47:35 -0600, you wrote: I've heard people talking about flac and how great it is but I come back to the point aside from on my home computer where else would I be able to enjoy it. Are there affordable players that play this format? Any portable player on which Rockbox

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-12 Thread Doc
Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:52 PM Subject: Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC? On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:55:15 -0500 (CDT), you wrote: Wel, FLAC is lossless. It's one of several lossless formats, ... Besides Windows Media lossless, what others

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-12 Thread Bruce Toews
No, it's not something that has been talked about until recently when the Windows Media lossless format came into being. FLAC has been around for some years, but hasn't gained a great deal of attention. There's an Apple lossless format as well. Those are the big three. There's a really good

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-12 Thread Bruce Toews
else would I be able to enjoy it. Are there affordable players that play this format? - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:52 PM Subject: Re: What's the difference between FLAC

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-12 Thread David Ferrin
There's also wave pack which is loss less as well. David Ferrin - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 8:59 AM Subject: Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC? No, it's

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-12 Thread Marijan Janev
Yes, it's great! But only for archive purposes. David Ferrin said the following on 12.08.2007 17:27: There's also wave pack which is loss less as well. David Ferrin Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-12 Thread Steve Pattison
More information about the Wavpack format that David refers to can be found at www.wavpack.com. At 01:27 AM 13/08/2007, you wrote: There's also wave pack which is loss less as well. Regards Steve Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: steve1963 MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help,

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-12 Thread DJ DOCTOR P
. There is a chance that these two file types may play in Wenamp, but I don't know enough about that either. - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:09 AM Subject: Re: What's the difference between FLAC

What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Matzura
The subject sorta says it all. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-11 Thread Sarah
Flac is about half the size of wav and to my ear it sounds great! SAG : The subject sorta says it all. : : : : Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... : http://www.pc-audio.org : : To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines,

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-11 Thread Bruce Toews
Wel, FLAC is lossless. It's one of several lossless formats, and, assuming the claims about losslessness are true, something which everyone seems to accept, then the only difference between lossless formats is the fact that they're different but equal formats. I think Windows Media lossless is

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Pattison
For plenty of information about FLAC see the FLAC home page at http://flac.sourceforge.net. For plenty of information about AAC see this Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding. I hope this helps. At 08:36 AM 12/08/2007, you wrote: The subject sorta says it

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Matzura
Hi, Steve: On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:41:29 +1000, you wrote: see this Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding. I hope this helps. Well, the Wikipedia article wasn't so great. It explained what the differendce betwixt and between lossy and lossless is all about,

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:55:15 -0500 (CDT), you wrote: Wel, FLAC is lossless. It's one of several lossless formats, ... Besides Windows Media lossless, what others are there? I feel like I just came out of a cave and have been hibernating or something. I know nothing about this stuff any more

Re: What's the difference between FLAC and AAC?

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Matzura
P.S.: The FLAC home page has all the info one could possibly need/want about this codec, except for using it in Internet radio applications. That's got to be coming soon I should hope/think. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this