Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-10 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:54:01 +1100, you wrote: Can you stream broadcast with Flac? Yes, and no. Yes, because most broadcast plug-ins convert the audio source to either MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or WMA. No, because I don't think there's a broadcast tool that will broadcast packets in native FLAC mode,

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-09 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 04:40:56 -0700, you wrote: Is flac suppose to be smaller then .wav files? Yes, they are. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-09 Thread Peter Scanlon
Can you stream broadcast with Flac? P. - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:51 AM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 04:40:56 -0700, you wrote: Is flac

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-06 Thread Doc
pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:50:37 -0600, you 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

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
://www.wrightplaceinc.net msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:50:37 -0600, you wrote

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-06 Thread Doc
List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:04 AM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? Coruse they are, FLAC is a form of compression, wave files are certainly uncompressed audio. On 06/12/2007, at 10:40 PM, Doc wrote: Is flac suppose to be smaller then .wav files

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Wright http://www.wrightplaceinc.net msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:04 AM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? Coruse they are, FLAC

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-12-05 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:50:37 -0600, you 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? Huh?

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-26 Thread David Tanner
So, how new is the Flac in Goldwave? - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 5:41 AM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? Right, well I've never played with WMA losless but now

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-26 Thread David Tanner
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

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
Tanner wrote: So, how new is the Flac in Goldwave? - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 5:41 AM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? Right, well I've never played with WMA

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
: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

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-25 Thread Arnaud
List Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:35:44 +1100, you wrote: FLAC IS LOSSLESS SO WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE ORIGINAL IS WHAT YOU HEAR WITH FLAC. Well, it's supposed to be. I've never read any test reports that say what comes out equals what went in. I can only

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
Discussion List Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:35:44 +1100, you wrote: FLAC IS LOSSLESS SO WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE ORIGINAL IS WHAT YOU HEAR WITH FLAC. Well, it's supposed to be. I've never read any test reports that say what comes out equals what went in. I can only

RE: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-25 Thread Rick Alfaro
: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:55 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List 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

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:55 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List 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

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-24 Thread Steve Matzura
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:35:44 +1100, you wrote: FLAC IS LOSSLESS SO WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE ORIGINAL IS WHAT YOU HEAR WITH FLAC. Well, it's supposed to be. I've never read any test reports that say what comes out equals what went in. I can only hope it's that way. Audio List Help, Guidelines,

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-24 Thread Steve Matzura
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

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-24 Thread Dane Trethowan
Depends on how you do it I guess, In my case I have all my music stored on DVD in Cue/FLAC pairs and I have MP3 conversions of the FLAC stuff on my external drive, that way I can put them onto a hard drive player, CD for one of the DVD players etc at the touch of a few buttons. What this

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-24 Thread David Tanner
[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

RE: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-24 Thread albert griffith
compression option. Microsoft has its own, WMA lossless and there are others. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 8:51 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? So, if I

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-24 Thread Dane Trethowan
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

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-23 Thread Doc
PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 8:39 PM Subject: Re: The advantages of flak? On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:37:10 -0800, you wrote: I've been able to hear comparisons of mp3

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-22 Thread Dane Trethowan
FLAC IS LOSSLESS SO WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE ORIGINAL IS WHAT YOU HEAR WITH FLAC. On 23/11/2007, at 3:37 PM, albert griffith wrote: I've been able to hear comparisons of mp3 and wma formats but not flak. Are there advantages of flak over either or both of these other than some people

Re: The advantages of flak?

2007-11-22 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:37:10 -0800, you wrote: I've been able to hear comparisons of mp3 and wma formats but not flak. Are there advantages of flak over either or both of these other than some people believe it sounds better? thanks The L in FLAC stands for lossless. Theoretically, what goes