--- dwc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there any reason not to use level 8 compression when encoding to
> FLAC
> for (wireless) slimbox? Has it been found that some other compression
> level works better for some reason? Thanks for any help, I have a lot
> of cd's to re-rip and I only want to have to do this once.
>
> I also have to take into consideration that my mp3 player is an x-5,
> and I don't remember if it supports level 8 or not. Heading to
> iaudiophile next to check on that...
flac -8 does take a little bit more computation to decode than -5.
unsually it is negligible, but some devices like the iaudio X5 are
right on the borderline; my understanding is that the X5 with the
latest firmware can decode -8. I should be getting a review unit
soon and will have more info then.
my recommendation is that if you plan on using the files on
devices outside a PC, stick with flac -5. the extra gain you
get with -8 is usually minimal with CD audio.
if you don't mind reencoding later (flac -8 to flac -5) you
can do flac -8 now until you have a problem. I plan in the next
version of flac to do flac->flac recoding that preserves all
the metadata.
Josh
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