Re: PLEASE HELP - FLAC TO WAV - I HAVE A QUESTION
Jose Baulenasr <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:30:22 -0300
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--===============9080264429347144186== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000bffafb05f9a080f1" --000000000000bffafb05f9a080f1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you! But ask you whitout foobar or windows, and whatever. Simply, A FLAC file, loose quality if it is converted to WAV? Thanxs ! Jos=C3=A9. El El mar, 18 de abr. de 2023 a la(s) 15:06, Martijn van Beurden < [email protected]> escribi=C3=B3: > Hi, > > I think questions regarding details of foobar2000 are best asked here: > https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/board,28.0.html > > Kind regards, Martijn van Beurden > > Op di 18 apr 2023 om 19:50 schreef Jose Baulenasr > <[email protected]>: > > > > 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]> 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 > can help me... > >> > > >> > I have a question and it is the following: > >> > > >> > When passing a FLAC to WAV; in my case using in Windows Foobar 1.6.1= 6 > 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. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Flac mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac > --000000000000bffafb05f9a080f1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>Thank you!</div><div dir=3D"auto">But ask you whitout foobar or window= s, and whatever.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Simply,= A FLAC file, loose quality if it is converted to WAV?</div><div dir=3D"aut= o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thanxs ! Jos=C3=A9.</div><div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">El El mar, 18 de abr= . de 2023 a la(s) 15:06, Martijn van Beurden <<a href=3D"mailto:mvanb1@g= mail.com">[email protected]</a>> escribi=C3=B3:<br></div><blockquote clas= s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;b= order-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"= >Hi,<br> <br> I think questions regarding details of foobar2000 are best asked here:<br> <a href=3D"https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/board,28.0.html" rel=3D"norefer= rer" target=3D"_blank">https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/board,28.0.html</a>= <br> <br> Kind regards, Martijn van Beurden<br> <br> Op di 18 apr 2023 om 19:50 schreef Jose Baulenasr<br> <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">joseb= [email protected]</a>>:<br> ><br> > Thank you for your answer.<br> ><br> > I ask it This way:<br> ><br> > When a FLAC is converted to WAV, is quality lost ?<br> ><br> > Thanxs, Jos=C3=A9.<br> ><br> ><br> > El El mar, 18 de abr. de 2023 a la(s) 14:18, brianw <<a href=3D"mai= lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&= gt; escribi=C3=B3:<br> >><br> >> Hola Jose,<br> >><br> >> You will need to contact the makers of Windows Foobar and Free Enc= oder Pack for answers regarding the performance of their software. Many tim= es, software based on flac uses old releases, or forces certain options. Th= e flac developers have no control over how third-party tools use the core f= eatures.<br> >><br> >> 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 c= onverting FLAC to WAV. In fact, there is a checksum in FLAC that can be use= d to ensure that the output WAV audio matches the original audio (whether t= he audio came from AIFF or WAV originally, the checksum is for the audio co= ntent only, so it works with all formats when uncompressing). Since flac do= es not support changing bit depth or adding dither, these are not a concern= when using the flac command line.<br> >><br> >> Brian Willoughby<br> >><br> >><br> >> On Apr 18, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Jose Baulenasr <<a href=3D"mailto:= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= m</a>> wrote:<br> >> > My name is Jose and I live in Buenos Aires - Argentina.<br> >> > Dear friends, it's good to be able to contact you, please= I hope you can help me...<br> >> ><br> >> > I have a question and it is the following:<br> >> ><br> >> > When passing a FLAC to WAV; in my case using in Windows Fooba= r 1.6.16 and with components in their latest versions installed, such as Fr= ee 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?<br> >> ><br> >> > Thank you in advance for your future responses.<br> >> ><br> >> > Jose.<br> >><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > Flac mailing list<br> > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><b= r> > <a href=3D"http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac" rel=3D"norefer= rer" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac</a><br> </blockquote></div></div> --000000000000bffafb05f9a080f1-- --===============9080264429347144186== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Flac mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac --===============9080264429347144186==--