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fuzzyhair
06-23-2006, 12:24 PM
How does FLAC work? Like when I compress it more does it loose quality even if it is still in FLAC format.

For example, If I convert a file to FLAC and it asks me how to compress it (A little drag bar thing) does it make a difference except by file size.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense.

The Haitian
06-23-2006, 12:59 PM
Smaller file size = less quality.

Kif
06-23-2006, 01:09 PM
It's essentially loseless quality, which means it rips an exact uncompressed copy of the audio from a CD. That's all I know about it, but I'd assume that Walter Skinner is right.

The Haitian
06-23-2006, 01:37 PM
Yeah I haven't messed with it but I assume it has a baseline ratio of quality to filesize that is set for lossless quality. And if you compress the file any more to make the file size smaller, then the quality will begin to drop.

fuzzyhair
06-23-2006, 03:21 PM
Yeah I haven't messed with it but I assume it has a baseline ratio of quality to filesize that is set for lossless quality. And if you compress the file any more to make the file size smaller, then the quality will begin to drop.
My command line for EAC is
-V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s
Is this highest quality?