On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:35:54 -0800, Phil Karn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Shorten still seems to be popular on bt.etree.org and other sites where
> audience recordings of taper-friendly bands are traded. I can't figure
> out why, as flac seems to be superior to shorten in every way. FLAC
> files are about 5% smaller, and they support metatags.

It's mostly habit - these people have been using shorten for eons and
have scripts that automate their process etc.

When I get such files I transcode to flac for my own purposes.

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