This is how I do FLAC stuff. 1. EAC Rip CD-Audio -> WAV; 2. Convert WAV->FLAC (-8), I don't see why use anything lower with FLAC; 3. Tag FLAC files using MP3Tag; 4. File name conversion + Cover Art image file;
FLAC is asymmetric CoDec - needed encoding power >> needed decoding power. Decoding always uses very low amount of resources, even if you encode flac -8. I get about ~64 x real time speed when encoding WAV->FLAC -8. The encoder is looking for functions that approximate the signal. Higher settings make the encoder search more to find better approximations (more CPU power). Decoding only requires computing the ONE chosen function, and the complexity of the function is very stable. This is by design, to make decoding easier, and is one of the things that makes FLAC easy to implement in hardware. Monkeys Audio (APE) is another story - hi encoding profile requires more decoding power. This is why I don't use APE at all. I transcode all lossless coded files (APE, WavPac, Apple Lossless) to FLAC because it is simply the best lossless audio format. -- Bytec ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bytec's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17676 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56657 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
