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Embedding Album Art in FLAC: Potentially detrimental to SQ?

post #1 of 6
12/10/11 at 10:31am
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Like the thread title says, is there any effect on the SQ by embedding album art internally within FLAC? My concerns may be unfounded, but I have heard reports that some implementations have affected samples within FLAC.

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post #2 of 6
12/10/11 at 10:54am

I don't see how it could affect anything when it is done properly by a decent application. You can always uncompress back to wav (which will remove all tags and pictures afaik) and see if the filesize has changed. 

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post #3 of 6
12/10/11 at 10:56am

What implementation would be stupid enough to do anything but add new bits?

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post #4 of 6
12/10/11 at 11:37am

It'll be fine as long as you don't store them on a Samsung HD.  Western Digital and Seagate are fine, but the Samsung drive will destroy the soundstage.

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post #5 of 6
12/10/11 at 2:31pm

For years I embed the album art in the audio in all formats supporting this including FLAC.

Never had a problem.

 

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post #6 of 6
12/10/11 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by Stereodude View Post

It'll be fine as long as you don't store them on a Samsung HD.  Western Digital and Seagate are fine, but the Samsung drive will destroy the soundstage.


That probably explains why I can't tell the difference between 320 kbps and FLAC!

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