Hi there, 5 is the optimum compression level in terms of encoding speed and the compression ratio. From my experience, -8 results in flac files that are <1% smaller than -5, so I usually use -5, it's way faster. However the recent update has greatly increased the speed of -8.
Cheers, Murat --- Harry Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Hi, > > Why is -5 the recommended compression for the FLAC encoder? So my question > is: why is a lower compression recommended over a higher compression (-8)? > What factors make -5 the "recommended" one, even if the compression is lower > then the -8 option? > > I hope somebody can explain this > > thanks in advance! _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac
