I have a program that converts mp3 to FLAC? Any good?

LeatherMosquitoManLeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
edited November 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
I'm just wondering if the sound quality would get any better?
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Nope. mp3 is compressed and is lossy, meaning it has "lost" parts of the original file. You cannot get those parts back by converting it to flac. flac is lossless.

    Other people might explain it better but that's my 2 cents.
  • cutback wrote:
    Nope. mp3 is compressed and is lossy, meaning it has "lost" parts of the original file. You cannot get those parts back by converting it to flac. flac is lossless.

    Other people might explain it better but that's my 2 cents.

    I figured as much but just thought i'd check anyway

    Cheers
    -Chris
    Male, 34

    I'm on Facebook - facebook.com/christopher.leesye1

    1998 Brisbane 2
    2003 Brisbane 1
    2006 LA 1 & 2
    2008 LA 2, San Diego 1 (EV)
    2009 LA 1, 2, 3 & 4, San Diego
    2011 St. Louis (EV)
    2012 Tulsa 1 & 2 (EV)
    2013 Chicago, Dallas & OKC
  • I'm just wondering if the sound quality would get any better?

    For Nero burning rom and Winamp you can download a plugin for burning the boot on a cd or listening to it on you computer.

    These are the links:
    Winamp plugin: http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643
    Nero plugin: http://www.bitburners.com/Software/Download/Audio_Software_and_Encoders/Nero_Audio_Plugins/

    This way you don't/rarely loose soundquality. Look at the instructions for in which dir you put the plugins. I use both of them :D
  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    For Nero burning rom and Winamp you can download a plugin for burning the boot on a cd or listening to it on you computer.

    These are the links:
    Winamp plugin: http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643
    Nero plugin: http://www.bitburners.com/Software/Download/Audio_Software_and_Encoders/Nero_Audio_Plugins/

    This way you don't/rarely loose soundquality. Look at the instructions for in which dir you put the plugins. I use both of them :D

    You won't GAIN any quality though by burning MP3 to CD, it just remains the same quaility as the original MP3. It's still going to be lesser quality than FLAC's burned to CD.

    You'll also definitely end up with lesser quality if for some reason you then make MP3's again from the CD you burned initially using MP3's as you encode the data twice, losing twice the amount you originally did. This is definitely not good.
  • Just remember one thing: never share converted flacs (to mp3) with others. Allways share the flacs! :D
  • FnCircusFnCircus Posts: 439
    Just remember one thing: never share converted flacs (to mp3) with others. Allways share the flacs! :D
    I second this motion.......
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