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Why? I don't understand? |
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whut |
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I don't understand. |
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rar Requires another program to extract the files. What's wrong with placing the files in a regular folder? flac Not compatible with itunes therefore I can't put flac encoded files on my ipod. Requires another program to turn flac to another type of "whatever-the-fuck" that can be managed by itunes, which probably degrades the sound quality even more. |
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.rar files are awesome .flac files are for audiophiles and musicians. "What's wrong with placing the files in a regular folder" you can't send folders via the interweb + .rar files compress the content, like a zip file. or is this an elaborate joke? |
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even more than what, flac is lossless not everybody uses itunes (i do :( ) |
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there's a plugin for flac + i tunes |
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rar kicks the shit out of zip compression-wise. |
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So it would be impossible to share, say, music in the DTS format or an uncompressed DVD movie on demonoid without putting it in rar format? (I use the DTS example because I recently downloaded the format and it was in rar which required me to download a program that may be detrimental to my computer/privacy.) As for flac, what's the difference to something more common like apple lossless? Is the difference audio wise really that perceptable? If so, why not just make a bit-for-bit wav copy? By the way, I really don't understand any of what I just typed. Technology is complicated. |
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Yeah, I saw that. But I figure, maybe because I'm a bit paranoid, that all this free software offered over the internet is partly responsible for all the computer problems people complain about. There's something dodgy about it... |
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Hello mimi. I've never had a problem with itunes. It works fine for me. So does my ipod. |
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Winrar is not malicious in any way. as long as something (say an uncompressed DVD) is one file you can share it. you will often find people use .rar files to group a few files together when sharing them such as a .txt (text) file that give basic instructions or credits for whoever is sharing them with the actual file, be it a .avi movie file or whatever. another usefull aspect is that you can group a whole album of files together so one can download a whole album in one file rather than each song indervidually. |
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winrar is nice - rars tend to save you a lot of time and bandwidth. |
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wrt. flac: there should be no hearable difference between flac, apple lossless, or any other lossless format. only differences are in filesize, compatibility (does it play on your ipod, for instance), and de/encoding efficiency (how fast/efficient is the music decoded when you play it). if you do hear differences, odds are the original sources were different to start with. the same source compressed with different lossless formats will sound exactly the same (the geek in me tells me to add "by definition"). |
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bless the geek in you |
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you stupid man |
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the best way to get the smallest files: encode in ogg, then encode in mp3, then encode in ape, then in flac then compress in 7z then put that in a rar file then zip the rar throw it on a 3 1/2 inch floppy and take it on the town! |
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This thread fails miserably. |
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lets coin the term "the right amount of geek" |
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FLAC = Free Lossless Audio Codec It is open source so I think that means you can make devices that use it without having to pay someone to use their format (like apple Lossless or .wma, right? even mp3?) |
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