![]() There’s actually no real caveats I can see to this operation – after all, we are going lossless to lossless which means no losses in quality. It might not seem much, but as processing power is cheap, it’s actually quite worthwhile. ![]() By having better estimation algorithms, it seems that an improvement of about 1% is achievable if you recompress files made by earlier versions. When FLAC 1.3.0 was released in 2013, I didn’t even notice it! This year brings us another incremental improvement – that of FLAC 1.3.1.Īn interesting result of having changes in the FLAC encoder is a slight improvement in compression ratio. ![]() The world of FLAC has generally been unexciting, with FLAC 1.2.1 being the encoder I’ve used most of the time – released back in 2007. ![]() At the present moment, the FLAC compression format is the leader in lossless audio compression due to its well supported, stable, open source nature, and is the format I prefer to have all of my music in. In a world where storage and processing are getting increasingly cheap, the need for lossy compression is constantly reducing. Depending on how it’s done, it can significantly alter the music itself, introducing imperfections and destroying subtle cues. Music enthusiasts and audiophiles generally view lossy compression as evil.
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