The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoRespect to anyone still managing a library of mp3slemmy.worldimagemessage-square495fedilinkarrow-up11.85Karrow-down148
arrow-up11.8Karrow-down1imageRespect to anyone still managing a library of mp3slemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square495fedilink
minus-squarePraiseTheSouplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI guess the idea was that if something happened to flac like new devices stopped supporting it for whatever reason, or if a better lossless format came along, it would be much easier to go back to the wavs and convert them to a different format.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoIt is easy to convert them back to wav, so…
minus-squarePraiseTheSouplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoConverting back and forth, even from lossless to lossless, is a good way to lose or corrupt data. I abandoned the idea years ago anyway, but thanks.
I guess the idea was that if something happened to flac like new devices stopped supporting it for whatever reason, or if a better lossless format came along, it would be much easier to go back to the wavs and convert them to a different format.
It is easy to convert them back to wav, so…
Converting back and forth, even from lossless to lossless, is a good way to lose or corrupt data. I abandoned the idea years ago anyway, but thanks.