I cannot answer that as I'm not familiar with the .ogg format but all I can say is that I myself wouldn't be bothering with that sort of thing, you would gain absolutely nothing. FLAC is useful if you're ripping say directly from CD, converting from another Lossless format etc.
On 26/11/2007, at 1:01 PM, David Tanner wrote: > If I have a file in *.ogg and converted it to flac how much larger > would it > be percentage wise? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 12:54 AM > Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? > > >> If you want something compressed which sounds exactly like the >> original then FLAC or other lossless formats are perfect for this >> sort >> of thing, FLAC is probably the most widely supported form of lossles >> compression around but there are others and as I pointed out earlier, >> there are a lot of devices and players out there which will play >> it, I >> know that Rockbox has no trouble with cue and FLAC files etc. >> Forgive me repeating myself but I store my CD'S in Cue-FLAC pairs, >> that way I have the original should I need to run off a copy and I >> was >> able to save a whole heap of space by ridding myself of close to >> 3,000 >> CD'S. >> >> On 25/11/2007, at 3:50 PM, David Tanner wrote: >> >>> So, if I understand you right taking audio from a cd to flac would >>> not >>> improve over what was on the original cd? So, I am guessing that >>> the flac >>> format would only be worth using if you were recording original >>> material >>> from a live source? >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Steve Matzura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 8:36 AM >>> Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? >>> >>> >>>> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:17:10 -0700, you wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've heard people speaking of flac but since my portable player >>>>> will not >>>>> play it I >>>>> can't see going through the hastle of conversion just to upload to >>>>> my >>>>> ipod. >>>> >>>> Well, if you don't have original media, like CD's, there's no >>>> need to >>>> even worry about it, since the only thing you'd want to have in a >>>> lossless format is original media content. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.5/1149 - Release Date: >>>> 11/24/2007 10:06 AM >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.7/1151 - Release Date: >> 11/25/2007 4:24 PM >> > > > > 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, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
