garym wrote: > Do keep in mind that although both FLAC and ALAC files are lossless, > ALAC does not have an embedded CRC from original creation. What this > means, is that with FLAC files, one can easily run a batch test of > whether any files on your drive are corrupted. I often use this feature > of FLAC files when creating a brand new backup drive. Afterwards, I > convert all these files to [TEST CONVERSION] using dbpoweramp to insure > that the decoded FLAC file CRC matches the embedded CRC from the > original ripping. Other programs can do this too. I always like to > point this out as a major benefit of FLAC files as compared with ALAC, > AIFF, WAV, etc. > > p.s. This does seem like an extreme solution. Like buying a new car, > because you can't figure out why one of the tires has a slow leak. :)Why > can't stuff just work?!? lol. Was wondering if going to ALAC was wise, but then I remembered that I have a handful of ALAC purchases in my library. I do have the original HDCD encoded files tucked away as FLACs so if worse comes to worse have that and a backup of that.
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