[mdlug] To FLAC or not to FLAC

[Jeff Hanson]

I use Asunder to rip to FLAC and Ogg Vorbis.  FLAC for archiving and future
reconversion, Ogg for my Sansa Clip Zip running Rockbox.

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Michael ORourke <mrorourke at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Lug Nuts,
>
> I have a library of CD's that I want to rip to digital media which then
> will mainly be served out by a Subsonic server.  What is really cool about
> Subsonic is it does not care what format the music files are in, such as
> wav, mp3, flac, m4a, ogg, etc... it will just read and convert the files
> on-the-fly and steam them to your device.  Now I suppose any audiophile
> would argue that lossless formats, such as FLAC, are the only acceptable
> means of storing one's music library.  But what about the rest of the
> population?  Why not save some bits and go with a lossy format such as mp3
> or ogg?  Even among the more popular mp3 format there are several different
> options, such as variable bit rate or fixed bit rates.  So I am curious
> what other folks have tested and what you liked, or did not like about
> ripping your own library.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
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