edr;561995 Wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Sorry for the newbie question. I googled WAV to FLAC Conversion and > was brought to this particular thread > http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=11617 on the Sonos forum which > I am not a member of....yet. > > I just purchased a Transporter, am new to SBS, and consequently just > created a SBS library of the WAV files of my 1,284 CD Titles which I > have created over many years (along with MP3 versions to play on my > phone). So SBS reports that I have accumulated 19,091 of these WAV > files over the years. > > My question is, should I even consider creating FLAC versions of my WAV > files and just maintain FLAC files? If so, would dbpoweramp be the > preferred software to do this in a "batch" automated mode? Can I add > the tagging in a batch automated mode also--will that happen as part of > the FLAC to WAV conversion or do I have to add the tags to each > individual file? I do not want to have to manually convert each file > individually as you may agree. > > I think with the amount of files I have invested in the WAV format that > it wouldn't be worth the time to convert to FLAC. But....I welcome > everyone's advice to convince me otherwise. > > Thanks Guys! > > Ed
yes, yes, yes. WAV files don't have a standard tagging format and they take up a lot more space for no reason. FLAC is standard, the tagging approach is standardized, and they are LOSSLESS. LOSSLESS is LOSSLESS! You can use dbpoweramp or foobar2000, among other programs to convert in batches from WAV to FLAC. I'd probably use compression of "5" (compression is from 0 to 8). This has to do with file size NOT whether it is more or less lossy, because remember FLAC is lossless! -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80461 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
