Thanks to everyone who responded to the posts re file formats. Does "lossless" A = "lossless" B (commutative property?) in ALL instances. Does every lossless file type use all 16 bits (e.g.) for the net resolution, or are one or two bits used in hand-shaking protocols to insure transfer accuracy (number of actual bits used may have more to do with A-D converter, but that's another topic)? I suppose codecs or other software used could affect playback quality? Is converting FLAC to WAV to ALAC completely without error? And are popular surround formats merely interleaved wav files (or similar) or lossy? I sincerely don't know a lot of this stuff, just enough to question online definitions. The help/input was greatly appreciated. RE upper or lower case K: I noticed Francis Rumsey used Kbyte for kilobyte in at least one of his books (ref: The Audio Workstation). I'm not arguing k is the only SI unit prefix, but more than one online computer dictionary uses Kb and KB (the b and B referring to bit and byte, respectively). The Internet is, as we know, provides a plethora of misleading information from dubious sources (e.g., 12-year-old girls posing as expert auto mechanics in chat groups). The problem a newbie can run into is when two 'experts' disagree. Glad there's an accepted standard that's (mostly) impervious to change. Best, Eric C.
Eric Carmichel wrote: ... > Are all lossless formats more-or-less equal in > terms of 'purity'. Eric B has already addressed this; lossless means lossless. ... > Unlike kilohertz (kHz), the K is capitalized when > referencing kilobytes (KB) or kilobits (Kb). In SI unit prefixes there is only a lowercase k. A capital K, even if popular, is wrong. Regards, Martin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130407/a82ab2b1/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
