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Momento Mori wrote:Any particular reason? Being open source I am worried it might go out of favor and become an abandonded format at some point. Then I am stuck with a lossless archive which is not well supported.
Momento Mori wrote:Any particular reason? Being open source I am worried it might go out of favor and become an abandonded format at some point. Then I am stuck with a lossless archive which is not well supported.
FireGryphon wrote:Why choose FLAC over WAV?
Xylker wrote:Space is not an issue, absolute fidelity is....
FireGryphon wrote:Why choose FLAC over WAV?
FireGryphon wrote:Why choose FLAC over WAV?
drsauced wrote:If you can believe there's an International Association that deals with such a project. In a nutshell, and these people seem to be quite nuts, is, basically two uncompressed original 'preservation' copies, and a third that you would compress (lossless or lossy) and use (the access copy). This, of course, is a pain.
drsauced wrote:If you can believe there's an International Association that deals with such a project. In a nutshell, and these people seem to be quite nuts, is, basically two uncompressed original 'preservation' copies, and a third that you would compress (lossless or lossy) and use (the access copy). This, of course, is a pain.
Spyder22446688 wrote:Momento Mori wrote:Any particular reason? Being open source I am worried it might go out of favor and become an abandonded format at some point. Then I am stuck with a lossless archive which is not well supported.
I would actually take the inverse of your position, and argue that you should be more worried about a closed source format being abandoned. Then you would be stuck. Being open-source seems like much better protection, because then anybody can work on it, or work on conversion software. Plus, because FLAC is open source, I see it staying a popular lossless format for years to come.
Momento Mori wrote:Any particular reason? Being open source I am worried it might go out of favor and become an abandonded format at some point. Then I am stuck with a lossless archive which is not well supported.