Audio Quality

[hortoholic]

Hello, I could not find another section to post this in so I think this is the best choice. If not, I ask that a moderator please move it to the right section. I downloaded a 400MB .APE file and I used the .CUE file to split them into individual .APE files. Then I used a program called "Free mp3 wma converter" to convert the .APE to .FLAC the output format was .FLAC. What I am wanting to know is, Did I ruin/degrade the quality of the sound? I still have big files. I used .APE which I believe is losless. I thank you for your responses.

hortoholic

 

[Suntory_Times]

If all is done right, going from one lossless codec to another should not cause any degredation in quality. In reality however I believe there will be some degredation (albiet insignificant). However i'm no expert and expect someone will come alon and provide a much better answer then I ever could soon.

 

[roadtonowhere08]

There should be no loss in quality whatsoever in the transcoding from .ape to .flac in one shot. Loosless is lossless, therefore "generation loss" is not an issue even when going from one format to another. If there was, there would be a large compatibility issue brought up a long time ago. I have done what you have many times and have never had one problem.

 

[apatN]

As has been said in theory there shouldn't be any loss in quality since you transcoded your lossless file to another lossless file.

BTW, sorry for thread-jacking but since the OP's question already has been answered.. I also downloaded a CD that comes with 1 .wav and 1 .cue file. Normally I would just mount the .cue with Daemon tools and rip with EAC. Unfortunately I get a "Unable to mount image. Syntax error."
I also need a good program to transcode my FLACs back to WAVs. Thanks.

 

[apatN]

^ Fixed it by removing the ISRC #s in the .cue. I still need a good and reliable FLAC -> WAV conversion program. Thanks.

 

[iriverdude]

foobar?

 

[apatN]

Well nvm. I am smarter than I thought.

 

[hortoholic]

There is also Xrecode. it converts to many formats. Has anyone ever tried it?

 

[krmathis]

The audio data should be 100% intact, since both codecs are lossless and so are transcoding between them.

 

[buddhashenglong]

I use Audacity to export .FLAC to .wav.

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by buddhashenglong /img/forum/go_quote.gif I use Audacity to export .FLAC to .wav.

..and?
This thread is about splitting a Monkey's audio file, then transcode the separate files into FLAC.

 

[iriverdude]

I had a couple of APE files, darn annoying not supported in a few apps, I managed to convert from ape to flac, but not with splitting up into individual files.

 

[MaZa]

CUESplitter can split audio files compressed to single file if CUE file is present. Supports APE files too.

http://www.medieval.it/content/view/28/70/