> In fact, I kind of thought that was what would happen with MP3s. I've > already ripped around 95% of my CDs, and a large percentage of them are > now in the attic in boxes. Sigh :( At least you can be sure that, as long as your ripping process is robust, this will be the last time as you will have all the data that's available from your source. There is no more to get. > If higher compression rates require extra processing power, I should be > set for that. We've got several PCs in the house, but one in particular > is still a pretty good spec (even though it's now a year old). I think > it's time I bought the boxes of CDs down from the attic, bought a few > new hard disks, and started ripping to FLAC ;) The trade off with MP3 is file size vs. quality. With FLAC it's file size vs. decoding processing power required. Bear in mind that this processing power matters more at playing time (which you do often) than ripping/coding time (which you do once). Also, the range of file sizes isn't great (the biggest isn't a lot bigger than the smallest for the same song) and also, you may not be decoding on your PC. For example, the Squeezebox decodes FLAC natively, as do other digital players. They might not all have the processing power of the original ripping PC. > Does FLAC actually have "tags" as such, BTW??) > Yes, FLAC supports tags just like MP3. I'll let someone else answer the question about transferring your edited tags over to the FLAC versions. It's a very good question ...
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