You're preaching to the quire as I am quite aware of the benefits of flac files. Never the less I thank you for your consideration to take the time to explain it to the rest of the list like this. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:55 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension
Dear David, As a person who listens to a lot of music from my computer ... I can say with complete absolute and positive certainty: Once you try flac You never go back The problem is that a song that is a mp3 file even at a bit rate of 320 which might be 7 MB in size Will be 24 MB in flac! But the difference is incredible! With Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida With Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension > FLAC is a compressed audio file but when it is extracted then it is > completely lossless. In other words nothing has been removed from it > compared to the original recording unlike MP3 files which are considered > lossy. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Desiree Oudinot" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension > > > Just out of curiosity, why is it that this is considered the highest > quality of audio format, yet it's compressed? How does that work when > it seems a compressed mp3 file would have the opposite effect? > > On 2/23/10, Stewart A Overbey, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Mike, >> >> My pleasure, I just looked it up using the "research it" feature of JAWS. >> Just typing in "FLAC," then choosing Wikepedia, and voila! >> >> Blessings, >> Stewart A Overbey Jr. >> Bless the Lord o my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:07 AM >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension >> >>> Hi Stewart; >>> >>> Thanks for the added info. I did convert the file to a ".mp3" format >>> and >>> this sound file wasn't worth the effort, but learning about the file >>> extension certainly was! Take care. >>> Mike >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Stewart A Overbey, Jr. >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:59 AM >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension >>> >>> >>> I believe it is a flash video file extention. >>> >>> FLAC >>> Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a file format for lossless audio >>> data >>> compression, primarily authored by Josh Coalson. >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:30 AM >>> To: "Jaws-Users List" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] An unknown file extension >>> >>>> Hi All; >>>> >>>> I recently received an attachment with a ".flac" file extension. I >>>> tried >>>> to >>>> find it in the list of file extensions on the website with no luck. >>>> Would >>>> someone please tell me what type of file this is or what program is >>>> most >>>> commonly used to open such a file? I am running XPSP3 Home, OE, & Jaws >>>> 10 >>>> latest. All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Take >>>> care. >>>> Mike >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
