FLAC vs. MP3??

wimbeldino

How big is difference? Can it clearly be heard?

I'm considering to buy the Boots of shows I went to in FLAC.

What if I buy FLAC, can I put it also on my Ipod?
Do I have to convert it to MP3?

Thanks for help!!

Jaymac

Flac flac flac flac flac flac.... the sound is sooooooooooooooooo much better!

But yes.. you can only play mp3 and m4a on your ipod.

Abneriel

Jaymac wrote:

Flac flac flac flac flac flac.... the sound is sooooooooooooooooo much better!

But yes.. you can only play mp3 and m4a on your ipod.

I know at least the 5th gens will play .wav, but it'll take up a bunch of space!

to the original poster: I DL the .flacs, then burn them to CD, then re-rip them as .mp3's for my iPod...best of both worlds!

Just remember, you can always convert a copy of your .flacs (.wav) into .mp3, but you cannot go the other way around.

Here's a good chart on the effects of compression (.wav vs. .mp3)

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114272

Jaymac

Abneriel wrote:

I know at least the 5th gens will play .wav, but it'll take up a bunch of space!

to the original poster: I DL the .flacs, then burn them to CD, then re-rip them as .mp3's for my iPod...best of both worlds!

Just remember, you can always convert a copy of your .flacs (.wav) into .mp3, but you cannot go the other way around.

Here's a good chart on the effects of compression (.wav vs. .mp3)

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114272

Yeah, but they'll fill up VERY quickly if you put WAV on them

I do the same as you... I burn FLAC to CD, and then put them into my ipod as mp3

HENKES

wimbeldino wrote:

How big is difference? Can it clearly be heard?

I'm considering to buy the Boots of shows I went to in FLAC.

What if I buy FLAC, can I put it also on my Ipod?
Do I have to convert it to MP3?

Thanks for help!!

The whole idea behind Flac is that it is, so called, "loss-less".
It is the same information as on the CD, but in a compressed format.
If you convert Flac into .WAV, you'll have the same quality as CD.

MP3 is also a compressed format, but in this case it is filtered.
A 5 minute song in .WAV format is about 40 Mb where the same song in MP3 format is about 5 Mb. By converting a song into MP3, you lose a lot of the sound quality.

If you only want to play music on your Ipod, I would recommend MP3.
If you want to burn a CD and keep the quality of the recording, you should use the Flac-files.

I agree with Abneriel,
you can always convert Flac-files into .WAV and then into MP3 and use them on your Ipod.

off_the_record

FLAC

mp3 is the devil's work

brainofPJ

as long as i can hear it clearly it doesn't matter.

kinda like HD for me...i can watch tv fine without out.

Dan1984

Jaymac wrote:

Flac flac flac flac flac flac.... the sound is sooooooooooooooooo much better!

But yes.. you can only play mp3 and m4a on your ipod.

AMEN! FLAC is the way to go.

Dan1984

off_the_record wrote:

FLAC

mp3 is the devil's work

Nice! :-)