Re: PLEASE HELP - FLAC TO WAV - I HAVE A QUESTION

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Thank you for your answer.

I ask it This way:

When a FLAC is converted to WAV, is quality lost ?

Thanxs, Jos=C3=A9.


El El mar, 18 de abr. de 2023 a la(s) 14:18, brianw <[email protected]=
m>
escribi=C3=B3:

> Hola Jose,
>
> You will need to contact the makers of Windows Foobar and Free Encoder
> Pack for answers regarding the performance of their software. Many times,
> software based on flac uses old releases, or forces certain options. The
> flac developers have no control over how third-party tools use the core
> features.
>
> If you were to instead install the official flac command-line tool, then
> you would be able to guarantee that quality will be preserved when
> converting FLAC to WAV. In fact, there is a checksum in FLAC that can be
> used to ensure that the output WAV audio matches the original audio
> (whether the audio came from AIFF or WAV originally, the checksum is for
> the audio content only, so it works with all formats when uncompressing).
> Since flac does not support changing bit depth or adding dither, these ar=
e
> not a concern when using the flac command line.
>
> Brian Willoughby
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Jose Baulenasr <[email protected]=
>
> wrote:
> > My name is Jose and I live in Buenos Aires - Argentina.
> > Dear friends, it's good to be able to contact you, please I hope you ca=
n
> help me...
> >
> > I have a question and it is the following:
> >
> > When passing a FLAC to WAV; in my case using in Windows Foobar 1.6.16
> and with components in their latest versions installed, such as Free
> Encoder Pack 2022-11-30, as long as the Bits per Sample are not modified,
> and everything is left automatic, using these settings - Output Bith Dept=
 -
> AUTO - and Dither - NEVER -, does the WAV resulting from the conversion
> lose quality?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your future responses.
> >
> > Jose.
>
>

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<div>Thank you for your answer.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">I ask it This way:</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"a=
uto">When a FLAC is converted to WAV, is quality lost ?</div><div dir=3D"au=
to"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thanxs, Jos=C3=A9.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">El El mar, 18 de abr. de 2023 a la(s) 14:18=
, brianw &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">brianw@audiobanshee=
.com</a>&gt; escribi=C3=B3:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid=
;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Hola Jose,<br>
<br>
You will need to contact the makers of Windows Foobar and Free Encoder Pack=
 for answers regarding the performance of their software. Many times, softw=
are based on flac uses old releases, or forces certain options. The flac de=
velopers have no control over how third-party tools use the core features.<=
br>
<br>
If you were to instead install the official flac command-line tool, then yo=
u would be able to guarantee that quality will be preserved when converting=
 FLAC to WAV. In fact, there is a checksum in FLAC that can be used to ensu=
re that the output WAV audio matches the original audio (whether the audio =
came from AIFF or WAV originally, the checksum is for the audio content onl=
y, so it works with all formats when uncompressing). Since flac does not su=
pport changing bit depth or adding dither, these are not a concern when usi=
ng the flac command line.<br>
<br>
Brian Willoughby<br>
<br>
<br>
On Apr 18, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Jose Baulenasr &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:josebaule=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;=
 wrote:<br>
&gt; My name is Jose and I live in Buenos Aires - Argentina.<br>
&gt; Dear friends, it&#39;s good to be able to contact you, please I hope y=
ou can help me...<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I have a question and it is the following:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; When passing a FLAC to WAV; in my case using in Windows Foobar 1.6.16 =
and with components in their latest versions installed, such as Free Encode=
r Pack 2022-11-30, as long as the Bits per Sample are not modified, and eve=
rything is left automatic, using these settings - Output Bith Dept - AUTO -=
 and Dither - NEVER -, does the WAV resulting from the conversion lose qual=
ity?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thank you in advance for your future responses.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Jose.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div>

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