Article On FLAC - Is it The Best

[Lunch]

Phew..

[slackboy]

(2012-02-28 15:32)grahamd Wrote:  Are you sure the onus of responsibility lies in that direction? There is already a huge amount of evidence to suggest that FLAC is lossless.

I don't think there is. I think that there is a MATHEMATICAL PROOF that FLAC is lossless. Study the algorithm and it can't be anything else. Amirite?

[phobic]

(2012-02-28 18:58)slackboy Wrote:  I think that there is a MATHEMATICAL PROOF that FLAC is lossless. Study the algorithm and it can't be anything else. Amirite?

yes you are - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC#Design

what's more you can verify with the source post encode to check that it is!

only potential flaw as has already been mentioned is a bad rip, which is just what accurate rip is all about.

[grahamd Linn Staff]

(2012-02-28 15:44)Lunch Wrote:  

(2012-02-28 15:32)grahamd Wrote:  Why not challenge the sceptical to come up with a single piece of audio material that FLAC does not encode and decode with loss. They'll have no chance.

Graham

Did you mean what I think you wrote, or is there a double negation in here that changed the meaning of the sentence? Sorry for asking but English is not my native tongue.

Yes, sorry about that, I meant to say without loss, not with loss.

Graham

[Lunch]

(2012-02-29 10:26)grahamd Wrote:  

(2012-02-28 15:44)Lunch Wrote:  

(2012-02-28 15:32)grahamd Wrote:  Why not challenge the sceptical to come up with a single piece of audio material that FLAC does not encode and decode with loss. They'll have no chance.

Graham

Did you mean what I think you wrote, or is there a double negation in here that changed the meaning of the sentence? Sorry for asking but English is not my native tongue.

Yes, sorry about that, I meant to say without loss, not with loss.

Graham

Cheers for clarifying.

[Warren]

Lossless - what a horrible word, it's a bit like saying non-poisonous health food.

[linnrd]

(2012-02-29 13:18)Warren Wrote:  Lossless - what a horrible word, it's a bit like saying non-poisonous health food.

There is a golden opportunity here to simply repackage breakfast cereal with the label "Asbestos-free Cereal" and make enough to purchase us some new systems, Warren.

[rowlandhills]

(2012-02-29 18:59)linnrd Wrote:  

(2012-02-29 13:18)Warren Wrote:  Lossless - what a horrible word, it's a bit like saying non-poisonous health food.

There is a golden opportunity here to simply repackage breakfast cereal with the label "Asbestos-free Cereal" and make enough to purchase us some new systems, Warren.

Surely the market's even bigger. You could sell a range, from "Asbestos-free cereal" via "Ebola-free cereal" to "Plutonium-free cereal"....

[Briain]

As long as they don't start selling alcohol-free cereal, I'll remain moderately unconcerned. I just can't comprehend the concept of sobriety at that early time in the morning; it all sounds most unhealthy, to me!