[mdlug] To FLAC or not to FLAC

[Brandon Fotiu]

If you're not going to keep the CDs long term then FLAC to archive makes
sense. FLAC is a good format but an album is 2-4x the size of a similar
lossy encoded OGG/MP3 version. 

For playback, Variable Bit Rate (VBR) OGG (open source) or MP3
(proprietary) encoding with a low rate of 192Kbps and high rate of
320Kbps should sound great. 

Good luck! 

--Brandon Fotiu

 KE8DVY 

On , Jeff Hanson wrote: 

> 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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