Pat Farrell;237212 Wrote: 
> Colin Reilly wrote:
> > Thanks.  I knew FLAC was lossless, just wondered why in Slimserver
> it
> > shows the files with the CBR suffix.
> 
> I think CBR is the closest approximation of what it really is. Or
> perhaps it was easier to lie and say "CBR" than "VBR"
> 
> Actually, Josh, FLAC's father occasionally hangs around here, he would
> know for sure.
> 
> 
> 
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> Pat Farrell
> http://www.pfarrell.com/

I think it makes more sense to say CBR, because it's lossless, it is
CBR after you decode it.. VBR only makes sense if you are approximating
a waveform.


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