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Wow. I didn't know that. Makes even more sense now.
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| Originally Posted by Dixie Flatline This is true -- if you look at the comparison at the FLAC sourceforge site, you'll see that -Q 8 (max compression) decodes in exactly the same time as -Q 5 (typical compression), or even slightly less. The design intent of FLAC, as I understand it, is that it's asymmetric in favor of decompression speed, and it's designed to be decompressed using strictly integer math (no floating point hardware required, and therefore well suited for portable/embedded devices). This is one reason why it's the only one of the lossless compressed codecs currently supported on a portable (Rio Karma). So yeah, if you're trying to play back lossless audio on a hardware-limited platform, it's a good choice. |
Wow. I didn't know that. Makes even more sense now.
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