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post #1 of 8
1/6/11 at 2:26pm
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I am ripping all of my files to FLAC. Two questions: Should I do an inaccurate, accurate, or secure rip? Also, does it matter what the bit rate of my FLAC files are?

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post #2 of 8
1/7/11 at 8:33am

http://blowfish.be/eac/Setup/setup1.html

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post #3 of 8
1/10/11 at 9:50pm
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Thank you!!

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post #4 of 8
1/11/11 at 2:26am

Flac bitrate (or compression level) only affects file size, quality is always the same as the cd.

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post #5 of 8
1/19/11 at 4:46pm
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Thank you! :)

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post #6 of 8
1/20/11 at 7:23pm

I'd advise you to use level 5 or lower for FLAC. Some people think that level 8 results in smaller file sizes so DO THAT. Other people know that whatever is reading the FLAC files requires more processing power to play a level 8 than a level 5 FLAC file. It can make a difference and you don't save a lot by going for maximum compression.

(we learned about this with the Logitech Squeezebox Touch, an awesome device that is right at the limit of it's processing power with level 6 and above FLAC files. Your mileage may vary)

 

Don't sweat it too much though, you can convert FLAC -8 to FLAC -5 via a batch process with no degradation of the data.

 

If you want to rip once and be done, use secure mode after you have properly setup EAC.

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post #7 of 8
1/21/11 at 12:06am
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Your post kind of made sense^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not quite though.

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post #8 of 8
1/21/11 at 2:36am

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Originally Posted by aangen View Post

I'd advise you to use level 5 or lower for FLAC. Some people think that level 8 results in smaller file sizes so DO THAT. Other people know that whatever is reading the FLAC files requires more processing power to play a level 8 than a level 5 FLAC file.


I'd like to add to this that when using a semi-modern computer to play FLAC files the difference is pretty insignificant no matter what level of compression you pick. Quoted from FLAC website:

 

"... FLAC is asymmetric. That means that it is optimized for decoding speed at the expense of encoding speed, because it makes it easier to decode on low-powered hardware, and because you only encode once but you decode many times."

 

That said, there is still a significant difference in the time it takes to encode FLAC files while the difference in file size isn't very spectacular when choosing higher levels.

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