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post #76 of 82
10/20/12 at 10:42am
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Originally Posted by chewy4 View Post

That's definitely a good example for lossless compression.

 

Not quite sure how lossy compression works myself though, as in how it chooses which data to throw out. 

i wrote it down from memory based on what i read on wikipedia about picture compression, yeah im not sure about lossy also.
for audio compression however im not sure, maybe they take likes and reduce the data points in them when the sound is a simple wave or a straight line?

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post #77 of 82
10/20/12 at 3:46pm
Someone posted this article describing lossy compression very well: http://arstechnica.com/features/2007/10/the-audiofile-understanding-mp3-compression/
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post #78 of 82
10/23/12 at 7:43am

I have blind tested FLAC vs. 256 CBR MP3, couldn't tell a damn bit of difference.

 

Audio chain was [ALC889 optical out -> Maverick D2-> Maverick A1 -> Audio Technical M50] Song was Aaron Neville Bridge Over Troubled Water CD rip using EAC

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post #79 of 82
10/23/12 at 10:19pm

I agree with most here. I own a few 256kbps AAC files and they sound almost, if not exactly, the same as their ALAC counterparts.

 

Destroysall.

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post #80 of 82
11/2/12 at 4:48pm

I personally rip all my cds as ALAC files for backup/archival purposes. BTW, how big of a difference in battery life does using ALAC or 328k have?

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post #81 of 82
11/6/12 at 1:51am
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BTW, how big of a difference in battery life does using ALAC or 328k have?

 

I'd say about 25% less.  Also, if you shuffle music, then it'll be affected further.

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post #82 of 82
3/31/13 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by gnarlsagan View Post

Guys rockbox is available for iPods (even the classic) and supports FLAC.

Wait what?  According to the website it does NOT work on the Classic?

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